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Source Description
Toward the end of the 1700s, multifaceted bottles like this one became popular with the growing demand from both the elites as well as the middle class. The dark-brown iron oxide pigment makes this eight-faceted bottle earthy, yet sophisticated.
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144804
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Eight-faceted Bottle
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144804
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title
Eight-faceted Bottle
description
Toward the end of the 1700s, multifaceted bottles like this one became popular with the growing demand from both the elites as well as the middle class. The dark-brown iron oxide pigment makes this eight-faceted bottle earthy, yet sophisticated.
date
1800s–1900s
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en
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Q79922316
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Ceramic
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 23.2 cm (9 1/8 in.)
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Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910)
accession
1969.58
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Eight-faceted Bottle (백자 철채 음각문 팔각병 [白磁鐵彩陰刻文八角甁]), 1800s–1900s. Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910). Stoneware; overall: 23.2 cm (9 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cornelia Blakemore Warner Fund, 1969.58
titleInOriginalLanguage
백자 철채 음각문 팔각병 [白磁鐵彩陰刻文八角甁]
collection
Korean Art
didYouKnow
The exquisite hue of this bottle is from iron oxide, also known as “purple oxide.”
citations
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 365
citation
<em>Treasures from Korea: Arts and Culture of the Joseon Dynasty, 1392-1910</em>. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2014.
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Cornelia Blakemore Warner Fund
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2026-05-29 07:26:28.381000
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144804
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Korean Art
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Korean Art
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stoneware
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