국립중앙박물관 NATIONAL MUSEUM OF KOREA

Highlights
House-shaped Burial Urn
  • Nationality/Period

    Unified Silla Period

  • Provenance

    Gyeongsangbuk-do

  • Materials

    Clay

  • Category

    life in society - life in ceremony - funeral services - bottle in which the bone was put

  • Dimensions

    H. 43.4㎝

  • Accession Number

    Sinsu 1121

This house-shaped burial urn was intended as a vessel in which the spirit of the dead could rest in peace. The outer wall contains diverse patterns as well as traces of the door hinge.