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Source Description
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. The inlaid image of weeping willow trees appears as a main decoration pattern on the inner wall of this bowl.
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103733
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Bowl with Willow and Reed Design
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103733
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Bowl with Willow and Reed Design
description
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. The inlaid image of weeping willow trees appears as a main decoration pattern on the inner wall of this bowl.
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1300s
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en
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Q79508821
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Ceramic
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Diameter: 19.1 cm (7 1/2 in.); Overall: 8.1 cm (3 3/16 in.)
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Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)
accession
1921.672
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Bowl with Willow and Reed Design (청자 상감 버들·갈대무늬 사발 [靑磁象嵌柳蘆文碗]), 1300s. Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392). Pottery; diameter: 19.1 cm (7 1/2 in.); overall: 8.1 cm (3 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John L. Severance, 1921.672
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청자 상감 버들·갈대무늬 사발 [靑磁象嵌柳蘆文碗]
collection
Korean Art
didYouKnow
This bowl with a lightly bent inward rim possibly takes the shape of an alms bowl by Buddhist monks.
citations
citation
Yi, Jong-min. "The New Trends on the latter 14th Century's Inlaid Celadon of Koryŏ Dynasty [14世紀後半高麗象嵌靑磁의新傾向]." <em>Misulsahak yeongu </em>201 (March 1994): 5–40.
citation
<em>Goryeo Dynasty: Korea's Age of Enlightenment, 918-1392</em>. San Francisco: Asian Art Museum, 2003.
citation
Lee, Young-hee. "The Study on Techniques and their Interrelations among Craft Arts of the Goryeo Dynasty [고려시대 공예기법 연구 상호관련성을 중심으로]." <em>Misulsa hakbo</em> 22 (2004): 133–170.
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> Misulsahak yeongu </em>242–243 (September 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.
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Gift of John L. Severance
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2026-05-29 05:36:00.462000
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103733
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Korean Art
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Korean Art
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