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    "localId": "103684",
    "label": "Gourd-shaped Wine Pot",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object"
}

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    "id": "103684",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Gourd-shaped Wine Pot",
    "description": "As early as the seventh century, the practice of drinking tea and wine became an important part of elite culture in Korea. Elites of the Goryeo period commissioned a variety of types of utensils and vessels including this elegant wine pitcher, not only to make their drinking experience more exciting, but also to show their appreciation of nature.",
    "date": "1200s",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1921.632",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1921.632/1921.632_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "height with lid: 26.7 cm (10 1/2 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)"
    ],
    "accession": "1921.632"
}

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    "tec": "pottery",
    "tombstone": "Gourd-shaped Wine Pot (청자 표주박모양 줄무늬 주자 [靑磁瓢形線文注子]), 1200s. Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392). Pottery; height with lid: 26.7 cm (10 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John L. Severance, 1921.632",
    "titleInOriginalLanguage": "청자 표주박모양 줄무늬 주자 [靑磁瓢形線文注子]",
    "collection": "Korean Art",
    "didYouKnow": "This gourd-shaped bottle once used to serve wine.",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "The well-preserved example for gourd-shaped wine pot can be found in the collection of the Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution.",
            "url": "https://archive.asia.si.edu/publications/korean-ceramics/object.php?q=F1907.287&cat=period&name=goryeo%20period"
        },
        {
            "citation": "<em>Goryeo Dynasty: Korea's Age of Enlightenment, 918-1392</em>. San Francisco: Asian Art Museum, 2003."
        },
        {
            "citation": "Jang, Nam-won. \"The Tea and Celadons during the Goryeo Dynasty : Considering the Celadon Tea Utensils [고려시대 茶文化와 靑瓷].\"<em> Misulsa nondan</em> (2007): 129–162.",
            "url": "https://www.dbpia.co.kr/journal/articleDetail?nodeId=NODE01351978"
        },
        {
            "citation": "<em>Goryeo: The Glory of Korea </em>[대고려, 그 찬란한 도전]. Seoul: National Museum of Korea, 2018."
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1921.632",
    "creditline": "Gift of John L. Severance",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:35:43.896000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1921.632/1921.632_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 103684,
    "dept": "Korean Art",
    "coll": "Korean Art",
    "med": "pottery",
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}

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