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Source Description
By the 700s, this type of bottle started to be produced as a utilitarian vessel and was enjoyed among ruling elites. The flattened example like this may have served as a portable wine bottle.
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161328
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Bottle with a Flattened Side
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161328
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Bottle with a Flattened Side
description
By the 700s, this type of bottle started to be produced as a utilitarian vessel and was enjoyed among ruling elites. The flattened example like this may have served as a portable wine bottle.
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700s–800s
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en
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Q79983975
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Ceramic
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Overall: 25.1 cm (9 7/8 in.); Diameter: 15.9 cm (6 1/4 in.)
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Korea, late Unified Silla (676-935) or early Goryeo (918-1392) period
accession
1999.92
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stoneware with incised designs
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Bottle with a Flattened Side (토기 편병 [土器扁甁]), 700s–800s. Korea, late Unified Silla (676-935) or early Goryeo (918-1392) period. Stoneware with incised designs; overall: 25.1 cm (9 7/8 in.); diameter: 15.9 cm (6 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1999.92
titleInOriginalLanguage
토기 편병 [土器扁甁]
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Korean Art
didYouKnow
Its gray color and shimmering glaze both are the result of the reduction of oxygen in the closed kiln chamber built on hillsides.
citations
citation
<em>Hangung godaeui togi: heuk, yesul, samgwa jugeum </em>[한국 고대의 토기: 흙・예술・삶과 죽음]. Seoul: National Museum of Korea, 1997.
citation
Kim, Kumja Paik. <em>Goryeo Dynasty: Korea's Age of Enlightenment, 918-1392</em>. San Francisco: Asian Art Museum--Chong-Moon Lee Center for Asian Art and Culture in cooperation with the National Museum of Korea and the Nara National Museum, 2003.
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Lee, Soyoung, and Denise Patry Leidy. <em>Silla: Korea's Golden Kingdom</em>. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2013.
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Kim, Yunjeong and 8 others. <em>Hangung doja sajeon </em>[한국 도자 사전]. Seoul: Gyeongin munhwasa, 2015.
citation
<em>Goryeo: The Glory of Korea </em>[대고려, 그 찬란한 도전]. Seoul: National Museum of Korea, 2018.
citation
Nelson, Sarah. <em>Gyeongju: The Capital of Golden Silla</em>. London and New York: Routledge, 2019.
citation
Ch'a, Mi-rae, Kwi-suk An, Cleveland Museum of Art, and 국외소재문화재재단. <em>The Korean Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Edited by An Min-hŭi. First edition, English ed. Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Series, 16. Seoul, Republic of Korea: Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Foundation, 2021.
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Mentioned and reproduced: P. 47
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John L. Severance Fund
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2026-05-29 08:23:23.268000
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161328
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Korean Art
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Korean Art
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stoneware with incised designs
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