Twin Gujanggyeongho

This vessel is a Three Kingdoms-period stoneware with twin mouths, and it is in very good condition. It has a main mouth at the centre and an auxiliary mouth on one shoulder. The base is round and the body is circular; it is a round-based, long-necked jar with a long neck at the main mouth and a ledge for holding a lid. The surface is black in colour, and the neck of the main mouth is decorated with wave patterns in two horizontal bands. This twin-mouthed long-necked jar belongs to Gaya pottery, but the presence of an auxiliary mouth is highly unusual, and no example excavated from an archaeological site has been known to date. Without the auxiliary mouth, it would resemble the lidded, round-based long-necked jars excavated from areas such as Sancheong and Hamyang. It is a large vessel, bigger and heavier than the typical lidded long-necked jars excavated from Gaya sites of the Three Kingdoms period. This vessel shows features of Daegaya-style pottery centred on Goryeong, but its body is close to a horizontal-mouth shape and the wave-pattern lines are not densely spaced, so it is not a typical example of Daegaya-style ware; rather, it displays the characteristics of round-based long-necked jars from the peripheral areas of the Daegaya sphere, making it valuable material for clarifying the overall picture of Gaya pottery. Vessels with two mouths are rarely found, making this a valuable resource for research on Gaya pottery of this period.

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Where it is

Region

Seo-gu, Busan

Designation

Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료