Green-glazed Earthenware Cup with Stand

Basic information

Designation

Treasure No.453

Category

Craft

Era

통일신라시대 초기

Designated year

1967

Location

용산구, 서울특별시— 서울특별시 용산구 서빙고로 137 (용산동6가, 국립중앙박물관)

Coordinates

37.524041, 126.980350

This earthenware cup was made by coating the cup with yellow-green glaze, and it has a saucer that looks like a plate and a lid. At the center of the smoothly curved saucer is a cylindrical support designed to fix a leg of the cup. This long leg of the cup at the bottom is designed to put the cup onto the saucer. The lid has a knob shaped like a bud. While the cup has the shape of a hemisphere, the curve of the lid slopes down like a slanting roof. Such curve of the lid, which is similar to the silver earthenware cup excavated from the Tomb of King Muryeong, is characteristic of the lids made during the Three Kingdoms’ Period. The cup is coated with thick yellowish green glaze; since soft glaze was used, however, some parts are peeled off, and the dark gray color of the earth is revealed on many parts. The saucer, body of the cup, and lid are engraved with a design of parallel lines. It is unknown where it was excavated from and where it was produced; since it has some similarities to the silver cup found from the Tomb of King Muryeong and the bronze ware made during the Unified Silla Dynasty, however, it is assumed to have been manufactured during the early Unified Silla Period.

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