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    "localId": "98752",
    "label": "Cup and Stand (stand)",
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    "id": "98752",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Cup and Stand (stand)",
    "description": "As early as the seventh century, the practice of drinking tea and wine became an important part of elite culture in Korea. Elites of the Goryeo period commissioned a variety of types of utensils and vessels including this delicate-looking cup and cup stand, not only to make their drinking experience more exciting, but also to show their refined taste.",
    "date": "918–1392",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1918.433.b",
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    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
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    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ceramic"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Diameter of mouth: 7.9 cm (3 1/8 in.); Overall: 5.7 cm (2 1/4 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)"
    ],
    "accession": "1918.433.b"
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    "tec": "pottery",
    "tombstone": "Cup and Stand (stand) (백자 탁잔 [白磁托盞]), 918–1392. Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392). Pottery; diameter of mouth: 7.9 cm (3 1/8 in.); overall: 5.7 cm (2 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John L. Severance, 1918.433.b",
    "titleInOriginalLanguage": "백자 탁잔 [白磁托盞]",
    "collection": "Korean Art",
    "didYouKnow": "Elites of the Goryeo period are known for their love of drinking tea and wine. This type of delicate-looking stoneware was buried in the tombs of ruling elites.",
    "citations": [
        {
            "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 yeongu </em>(2011): 137-160.",
            "url": "https://www.dbpia.co.kr/journal/articleDetail?nodeId=NODE01791592"
        },
        {
            "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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    "creditline": "Gift of John L. Severance",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:20:05.519000",
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    "dept": "Korean Art",
    "coll": "Korean Art",
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