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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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98746
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Bowl with Carved Design
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98746
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object
title
Bowl with Carved Design
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.
date
1000s–1100s
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CC0
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CC0
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en
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Q79485514
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Ceramic
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1
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dimensionsRaw
Diameter of mouth: 10.6 cm (4 3/16 in.); Overall: 4 cm (1 9/16 in.)
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Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)
accession
1918.428
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pottery
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Bowl with Carved Design (백자획화문완 [白磁劃花文碗]), 1000s–1100s. Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392). Pottery; diameter of mouth: 10.6 cm (4 3/16 in.); overall: 4 cm (1 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John L. Severance, 1918.428
titleInOriginalLanguage
백자획화문완 [白磁劃花文碗]
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Korean Art
didYouKnow
This white bowl is highly likely to have served as a tea bowl.
citations
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
Lee, Jongmin. “The Genealogy and Characteristics of Imported Chinese White Porcelain in the Mid-Goryeo Period [고려 중기 수입 중국백자의 계통과 성격].” <em>Misulsa yeong</em>u (2011): 137-160.
citation
<em>Goryeo: The Glory of Korea </em>[대고려, 그 찬란한 도전]. Seoul: National Museum of Korea, 2018.
citation
<em>Korean Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Seoul: Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Foundation, 2021.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 19, fig. 18
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Gift of John L. Severance
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2026-05-29 05:20:03.673000
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98746
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Korean Art
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Korean Art
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pottery
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