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As early as the 600s, 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. The image of flying parrots inscribed on the inner wall of this tea bowl may have made the moment of drinking tea much enjoyable.
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106014
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Bowl with Incised Parrot Design
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106014
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Bowl with Incised Parrot Design
description
As early as the 600s, 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. The image of flying parrots inscribed on the inner wall of this tea bowl may have made the moment of drinking tea much enjoyable.
date
1100s–1200s
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79892186
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Ceramic
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Overall: 8.6 cm (3 3/8 in.)
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Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)
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1924.136
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glazed porcelain
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Bowl with Incised Parrot Design (청자 음각 앵무새무늬 사발 [靑磁陰刻鸚鵡文碗]), 1100s–1200s. Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392). Glazed porcelain; overall: 8.6 cm (3 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Educational Purchase Fund, 1924.136
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청자 음각 앵무새무늬 사발 [靑磁陰刻鸚鵡文碗]
collection
Korean Art
didYouKnow
On the base of this tea bowl, three small spur marks made of bits of clay remain visible, indicating an individual protective casing of fire clay (<em>saggar</em>).
citations
citation
Pak, Youngsook, and Roderick Whitfield. <em>Earthenware and Celadon</em>. London: Laurence King, 2003.
citation
<em>Goryeo Dynasty: Korea's Age of Enlightenment, 918-1392</em>. San Francisco: Asian Art Museum, 2003.
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
Choi, Myeong-ji. "A Study of Goryeo Celadon Excavated from the Sea off Taean's Daeseom Island [泰安 대섬 海底 出水 高麗靑磁의 양상과 제작시기 연구]." <em>Misulsahak yeongu </em>279–280 (December 2013): 35–65.
citation
<em>Goryeo: The Glory of Korea </em>[대고려, 그 찬란한 도전]. Seoul: National Museum of Korea, 2018.
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Educational Purchase Fund
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2026-05-29 05:42:13.929000
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106014
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Korean Art
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Korean Art
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glazed porcelain
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