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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 leisure culture in Korea. A wide bowl like this example was especially suitable for drinking powdered tea shaved from a compressed tea cake, the most commonly enjoyed type during the Goryeo period.
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98802
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Bowl with Lotus and Child Design in Relief
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98802
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Bowl with Lotus and Child Design in Relief
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As early as the seventh century, the practice of drinking tea and wine became an important part of elite leisure culture in Korea. A wide bowl like this example was especially suitable for drinking powdered tea shaved from a compressed tea cake, the most commonly enjoyed type during the Goryeo period.
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1200s
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en
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Q79485633
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Ceramic
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Diameter of mouth: 19.9 cm (7 13/16 in.); Overall: 6.5 cm (2 9/16 in.)
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Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)
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1918.478
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Bowl with Lotus and Child Design in Relief (청자 양각 연꽃·동자무늬 사발 [靑磁陽刻蓮花童子文碗]), 1200s. Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392). Pottery; diameter of mouth: 19.9 cm (7 13/16 in.); overall: 6.5 cm (2 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John L. Severance, 1918.478
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청자 양각 연꽃·동자무늬 사발 [靑磁陽刻蓮花童子文碗]
collection
Korean Art
didYouKnow
The floral pattern of this bowl was created by a mold with carved patterns.<a href="https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1918.483#"><br></a>
citations
citation
<em>Goryeo Dynasty: Korea's Age of Enlightenment, 918-1392</em>. San Francisco: Asian Art Museum, 2003.
citation
Jang, Nam-won. "The Characteristics of Mid-Goryeo Celadons with Molded Design [高麗中期壓出陽刻靑瓷의 性格]."<em> Korean Journal of Art History</em> vol. 242-243, 9 (2004): 95-120.
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> (2007): 129-162.
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. 70
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Gift of John L. Severance
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2026-06-18 15:02:19.893000
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98802
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Korean Art
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Korean Art
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pottery
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