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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. This lid once served as a lid for a tea pot.
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97714
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Cover for a Pitcher
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97714
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object
title
Cover for a Pitcher
description
As early as the seventh century, the practice of drinking tea and wine became an important part of elite leisure culture in Korea. This lid once served as a lid for a tea pot.
date
1100s
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q116965151
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Ceramic
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1
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dimensionsRaw
Diameter of lid: 4.2 cm (1 5/8 in.); height of lid: 2.1 cm (13/16 in.)
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Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)
accession
1917.109
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celadon ware with inlaid white and black slip decoration
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Cover for a Pitcher, 1100s. Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392). Celadon ware with inlaid white and black slip decoration; diameter of lid: 4.2 cm (1 5/8 in.); height of lid: 2.1 cm (13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John L. Severance, 1917.1090
collection
Korean Art
formerAccessionNumbers
1917.357.b
didYouKnow
During the Goryeo period, a variety of types of tea ware were widely used. This lid once served as a lid of a teapot.
citations
citation
Cleveland Museum of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago, Kungnip Chungang Pangmulgwan (Korea), and Asian Art Museum of San Francisco. <em>5,000 Years of Korean Art. </em>San Francisco: Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, 1979.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 104, no. 141
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 the Craft technique of Koryo Dynasty-Centering on Interrelation [고려시대 공예기법 연구 상호관련성을 중심으로]." <em>Misulsa hakbo</em> 22 (2004): 133-170.
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
Sŏn, Sŭng-hye. <em>The Lure of Painted Poetry: Japanese and Korean Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2011.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 56–57, no. 30
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
<em>Korean Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Seoul: Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Foundation, 2021.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 23, fig. 4
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, Englished. Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Series, 16. Seoul, Republic of Korea: Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Foundation, 2021.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 58–59, cat. no. 017
creditline
Gift of John L. Severance
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2026-05-29 05:16:02.329000
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97714
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Korean Art
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Korean Art
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celadon ware with inlaid white and black slip decoration
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