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Source Description
Celadons, spoons, seals, and bronze mirrors were the most common burial objects in tombs during the Goryeo period (918-1392). Furnishing tombs with an elaborate assemblage of objects was believed to honor and comfort the newly dead. This miniature jar was not used during the lifetime of the tomb owner, but rather was specially commissioned as part of the burial goods.
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Document identity
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98784
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Miniature Jar
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98784
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object
title
Miniature Jar
description
Celadons, spoons, seals, and bronze mirrors were the most common burial objects in tombs during the Goryeo period (918-1392). Furnishing tombs with an elaborate assemblage of objects was believed to honor and comfort the newly dead. This miniature jar was not used during the lifetime of the tomb owner, but rather was specially commissioned as part of the burial goods.
date
1100s
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79485606
genreSpecific
Ceramic
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 11.4 cm (4 1/2 in.)
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Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)
accession
1918.461
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celadon
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Miniature Jar (청자호 [靑磁壺]), 1100s. Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392). Celadon; overall: 11.4 cm (4 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John L. Severance, 1918.461
titleInOriginalLanguage
청자호 [靑磁壺]
collection
Korean Art
didYouKnow
This miniature celadon jar was part of the gifts donated by John L. Severance (1863–1936). He and his father Louis H. Severance (1838–1913) collected Korean ceramics of the Goryeo dynasty (918–1392) from a number of pioneering medical missionaries as a way to foster their activities in Korea, and later donated them to the Cleveland Museum of Art.
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
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. 60
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Gift of John L. Severance
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2026-05-29 05:20:10.802000
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98784
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Korean Art
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Korean Art
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celadon
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