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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. The image of fish swimming waves expressed in low relief on the inner wall of this tea bowl may have made the moment of drinking tea much enjoyable.
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98764
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Bowl with Fish and Waves in Relief
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98764
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Bowl with Fish and Waves in Relief
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. The image of fish swimming waves expressed in low relief 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
Q79485566
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Ceramic
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1
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dimensionsRaw
Overall: 6.3 cm (2 1/2 in.)
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Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)
accession
1918.445
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celadon
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Bowl with Fish and Waves in Relief (청자 양각 파도·물고기무늬 사발 [靑磁陽刻波漁文碗]), 1100s-1200s. Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392). Celadon; overall: 6.3 cm (2 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John L. Severance, 1918.445
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청자 양각 파도·물고기무늬 사발 [靑磁陽刻波漁文碗]
collection
Korean Art
didYouKnow
This tea bowl was part of the gifts donated by John L. Severance (1863–1936). He and his father Louis H. Severance (1838–1913) collected Korean ceramics of the Goryeo dynasty (918–1392) from a number of pioneering medical missionaries as a way to foster their activities in Korea, and later donated them to the Cleveland Museum of Art.
citations
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 Dynasty: Korea's Age of Enlightenment, 918-1392</em>. San Francisco: Asian Art Museum, 2003.
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.
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Gift of John L. Severance
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2026-05-29 05:20:07.495000
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98764
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Korean Art
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Korean Art
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celadon
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