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    "localId": "98776",
    "label": "Saucer",
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}

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    "id": "98776",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Saucer",
    "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 saucer paired with a large bowl, to make their drinking experience more exciting.",
    "date": "1100s",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1918.455.b",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
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    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Diameter: 19.3 cm (7 5/8 in.); Overall: 3.7 cm (1 7/16 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)"
    ],
    "accession": "1918.455.b"
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    "tec": "pottery",
    "tombstone": "Saucer, 1100s. Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392). Pottery; diameter: 19.3 cm (7 5/8 in.); overall: 3.7 cm (1 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John L. Severance, 1918.455.b",
    "collection": "Korean Art",
    "formerAccessionNumbers": [
        "18.455a"
    ],
    "didYouKnow": "The crackle pattern that appears all over this saucer was caused by a thermal expansion mismatch between the body and the glaze.",
    "citations": [
        {
            "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": "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.",
            "url": "https://www.dbpia.co.kr/journal/articleDetail?nodeId=NODE01351978"
        },
        {
            "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, English ed. Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Series, 16. Seoul, Republic of Korea: Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Foundation, 2021.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned and reproduced: P. 74-75"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1918.455.b",
    "creditline": "Gift of John L. Severance",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:20:15.346000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1918.455.b/1918.455.b_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 98776,
    "dept": "Korean Art",
    "coll": "Korean Art",
    "med": "pottery",
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}

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