Footed Jar
Unidentified Silla Kingdom maker, Korean, 57 BCE- 935 CE
5th-6th century
Ash-glazed Stoneware
Overall: 13 7/16 × 13 1/2 × 13 7/16 in. (34.2 × 34.3 × 34.2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Myongsook Lee and David I. Steinberg, Class of 1950
2024.28.9
Geography
Place Made: Korea, East Asia, Asia
Period
Three Kingdoms period, Silla
Object Name
Jar
Research Area
Decorative Arts
On view
Label
When the Hopkins Center for the Arts opened in 1962, it included the first purpose-built art gallery spaces at Dartmouth. The installations featured objects from new gifts to the collection, including many of the objects donated by Dorothy and Herbert Beskind. The bronze yu—a ritual wine vessel—and zhong—a bell used during court religious ceremonies—were both frequently on display in the 1960s and 1970s. The head of a bodhisattva—a being on a path of enlightenment who is progressing toward becoming a buddha—was also on view in the Hopkins Center before the creation of the Hood Museum of Art. With the recent addition of a curator of Asian art to the curatorial team, the collection of Asian art continues to grow through acquisitions, including a recent gift of sixteen ancient Korean ceramics.
From the 2025 exhibition, From Mastodon to Mosaic: Building an Academic Art Collection in America, curated by Ashley B. Offill, Curator of Collections
Course History
History 10.02, Archival Research, Julia Rabig, Summer 2025
Exhibition History
From Mastadon to Mosaic: Building an Academic Art Collection in America, Ivan Albright Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 14, 2025 - Fall 2026
Publication History
Korean Art Heritage Collections in the US, Bonhams Skinner, October 6-16, 2023.
Provenance
Private collection, Maryland, formed in Korea, 1960s; "Korean Art Heritage Collections in the US", Bonhams Skinner, Boston, Massachusetts, October 6-16, 2023; sold to Myongsook Lee and David I. Steinberg, 2023; given to present collection, 2024.
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