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{
    "localId": "109502",
    "label": "Oil Bottle with Inlaid Dots Design",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object"
}

{
    "id": "109502",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Oil Bottle with Inlaid Dots Design",
    "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": "1200s–1300s",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1928.155",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q80001904"
    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ceramic"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1928.155/1928.155_web.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1928.155/1928.155_web.jpg",
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    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Outer diameter: 8.3 cm (3 1/4 in.); Overall: 5.5 cm (2 3/16 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)"
    ],
    "accession": "1928.155"
}

{
    "tec": "inlaid celadon ware (Mishima ware)",
    "tombstone": "Oil Bottle with Inlaid Dots Design (청자 상감 원점문 유병 [靑磁象嵌圓點文油甁]), 1200s–1300s. Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392). Inlaid celadon ware (Mishima ware); outer diameter: 8.3 cm (3 1/4 in.); overall: 5.5 cm (2 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John L. Severance, 1928.155",
    "titleInOriginalLanguage": "청자 상감 원점문 유병 [靑磁象嵌圓點文油甁]",
    "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": "Lee, Young-hee. \"The Study on Techniques and their Interrelations among Craft Arts of the Goryeo Dynasty [고려시대 공예기법 연구 상호관련성을 중심으로].\" <em>Misulsa hakbo</em> 22 (2004): 133–170.",
            "url": "https://www.dbpia.co.kr/journal/articleDetail?nodeId=NODE00557781"
        },
        {
            "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/1928.155",
    "creditline": "Gift of John L. Severance",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:50:53.312000",
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    "sourceId": 109502,
    "dept": "Korean Art",
    "coll": "Korean Art",
    "med": "inlaid celadon ware (Mishima ware)",
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "image_url": null
}

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