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    "localId": "95446",
    "label": "Box (lid)",
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    "id": "95446",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Box (lid)",
    "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 colored powder, rouge, and eyebrow gel for makeup, this small container was one of the standard goods that furnished elites' tombs. Both women and men used the grain powder of rice or millet for whitening their skin, safflower extract for rouge, and plant ash or soot for eyebrow gel. Yet, natural-looking makeup seems to have been the most favorable one in Korea according to the travelogue by Xu Jing (1091–1153), the Chinese diplomat who visited Korea in 1123.",
    "date": "918–1392",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1186.b",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q79476907"
    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ceramic"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Diameter: 19.4 cm (7 5/8 in.); Overall: 12.7 cm (5 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)"
    ],
    "accession": "1916.1186.b"
}

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    "tec": "earthenware",
    "tombstone": "Box (lid), 918–1392. Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392). Earthenware; diameter: 19.4 cm (7 5/8 in.); overall: 12.7 cm (5 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Collection, 1916.1186.b",
    "collection": "Korean Art",
    "formerAccessionNumbers": [
        "288.1916"
    ],
    "didYouKnow": "This lidded ceramic container was used to store either incense or cosmetics.",
    "citations": [
        {
            "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.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned and Reproduced: P. 23, fig. 3; P. 77"
        }
    ],
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    "creditline": "John L. Severance Collection",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:07:03.916000",
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    "sourceId": 95446,
    "dept": "Korean Art",
    "coll": "Korean Art",
    "med": "earthenware",
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "image_url": null
}

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