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Bowl with Carved Design

백자획화문완 (白磁劃花文碗)

1000s–1100s

Korea, Goryeo dynasty

(918–1392)
Medium
pottery
Measurements
Diameter of mouth: 10.6 cm (4 3/16 in.); Overall: 4 cm (1 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of John L. Severance 1918.428
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This white bowl is highly likely to have served as a tea bowl.

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.

Bowl with Carved Design

1000s–1100s

Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)

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