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{
    "localId": "103695",
    "label": "Oil Bottle",
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    "id": "103695",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Oil Bottle",
    "description": "Celadons, spoons, seals, and bronze mirrors were the most common burial objects in tombs during the Goryeo period (918-1392). Once used to contain oil treatment for hair, this little celadon bottle was one of the standard goods that furnished elites' tombs.",
    "date": "1100s",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1921.639",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1921.639/1921.639_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Diameter: 7.9 cm (3 1/8 in.); Overall: 5.4 cm (2 1/8 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)"
    ],
    "accession": "1921.639"
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    "tec": "pottery",
    "tombstone": "Oil Bottle (청자 유병 [靑磁油甁]), 1100s. Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392). Pottery; diameter: 7.9 cm (3 1/8 in.); overall: 5.4 cm (2 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John L. Severance, 1921.639",
    "titleInOriginalLanguage": "청자 유병 [靑磁油甁]",
    "collection": "Korean Art",
    "didYouKnow": "This bottle was used to contain oil treatment for hair.",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "<em>Goryeo Dynasty: Korea's Age of Enlightenment, 918-1392</em>. San Francisco: Asian Art Museum, 2003."
        },
        {
            "citation": "Tajima, Mitsuru, Wil Lautenschlager, and Kawanishi Noriko. <em>Celadons of the Koryŏ court = Kōrai ōchō : hishoku seiji no kirameki.</em> Tokyo: London Gallery, 2010."
        },
        {
            "citation": "<em>Goryeo: The Glory of Korea </em>[대고려, 그 찬란한 도전]. Seoul: National Museum of Korea, 2018."
        },
        {
            "citation": "<em>Sparkles of Jade: Goryeo Celadon</em> [高麗青磁 : ヒスイのきらめき]. Ōsaka: Ōsaka: Shiritsu Tōyō Tōji Bijutsukan, 2018."
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1921.639",
    "creditline": "Gift of John L. Severance",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:35:51.450000",
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    "sourceId": 103695,
    "dept": "Korean Art",
    "coll": "Korean Art",
    "med": "pottery",
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "image_url": null
}

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