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Source Description
As early as the seventh century, the practice of drinking tea and wine became an important part of elite culture in Korea. Elites of the Goryeo period commissioned a variety of types of utensils and vessels including this wine bottle, not only to make their drinking experience more exciting.
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98755
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Bottle
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98755
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object
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Bottle
description
As early as the seventh century, the practice of drinking tea and wine became an important part of elite culture in Korea. Elites of the Goryeo period commissioned a variety of types of utensils and vessels including this wine bottle, not only to make their drinking experience more exciting.
date
1100s
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79485551
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Ceramic
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 27.7 cm (10 7/8 in.)
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Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)
accession
1918.436
Source extras
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celadon
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Bottle (청자병 [靑磁甁]), 1100s. Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392). Celadon; overall: 27.7 cm (10 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John L. Severance, 1918.436
titleInOriginalLanguage
청자병 [靑磁甁]
collection
Korean Art
didYouKnow
The distinctive bluish and greenish glaze of Goryeo celadons, shown in this bottle, is the result of distinctive small and long Korean kilns, which maintained a low oxygen saturation with a high level of carbon dioxide.
citations
citation
Warner, Lorraine D'O. "Korean Grave Pottery of the Korai Dynasty." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 6, no. 3 (1919): 46-58.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 57 fig, 1; Mentioned: p. 46
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
<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.
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. 52
creditline
Gift of John L. Severance
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2026-05-29 05:20:05.609000
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98755
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Korean Art
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Korean Art
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celadon
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