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{
    "localId": "98734",
    "label": "Cup with Incised Thunder Design",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object"
}

{
    "id": "98734",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Cup with Incised Thunder Design",
    "description": "As early as the seventh century, the practice of drinking tea became an important part of elite culture in Korea. In enjoying teas, elites commissioned a variety of types of utensils and vessels including this delicate-looking cup, not only to make their tea-drinking experience more exciting, but also to show their refined taste.",
    "date": "1100s-1200s",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1918.421",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q60751974"
    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ceramic"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1918.421/1918.421_web.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1918.421/1918.421_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Diameter of mouth: 8.6 cm (3 3/8 in.); Overall: 9.9 cm (3 7/8 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)"
    ],
    "accession": "1918.421"
}

{
    "tec": "celadon",
    "tombstone": "Cup with Incised Thunder Design (청자 음각 번개무늬 마상배 [靑磁陰刻雷文馬上杯]), 1100s-1200s. Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392). Celadon; diameter of mouth: 8.6 cm (3 3/8 in.); overall: 9.9 cm (3 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John L. Severance, 1918.421",
    "titleInOriginalLanguage": "청자 음각 번개무늬 마상배 [靑磁陰刻雷文馬上杯]",
    "collection": "Korean Art",
    "didYouKnow": "This distinctively shaped cup with a pointy base is known to have originated from a practice of drinking wine on horseback.",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "<em>Goryeo Dynasty: Korea's Age of Enlightenment, 918-1392</em>. San Francisco: Asian Art Museum, 2003."
        },
        {
            "citation": "<em>Goryeo: The Glory of Korea </em>[대고려, 그 찬란한 도전]. Seoul: National Museum of Korea, 2018."
        },
        {
            "citation": "Jang, Nam-won. \"The Tea and Celadons during the Goryeo Dynasty : Considering the Celadon Tea Utensils [고려시대 茶文化와 靑瓷].\" <em>Misulsa nondan </em>(June 2007): 129-162.",
            "url": "https://www.dbpia.co.kr/journal/articleDetail?nodeId=NODE01351978"
        },
        {
            "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/1918.421",
    "creditline": "Gift of John L. Severance",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:20:00.806000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1918.421/1918.421_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 98734,
    "dept": "Korean Art",
    "coll": "Korean Art",
    "med": "celadon",
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    "image_url": null
}

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