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Bowl with Carved Design

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.)
Gift of John L. Severance 1918.428
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

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.
  • ?–1918
    Purchased by Langdon Warner [1881–1955] in Korea for the Worcester Warner Collection
    1918
    Purchased by John L. Severance [1863–1936], Cleveland, OH, as a gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1918–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Goryeo Dynasty: Korea's Age of Enlightenment, 918-1392. San Francisco: Asian Art Museum, 2003.
    Jang, Nam-won. "The Tea and Celadons during the Goryeo Dynasty : Considering the Celadon Tea Utensils [고려시대 茶文化와 靑瓷]." Misulsa nondan (2007): 129-162. www.dbpia.co.kr
    Lee, Jongmin. “The Genealogy and Characteristics of Imported Chinese White Porcelain in the Mid-Goryeo Period [고려 중기 수입 중국백자의 계통과 성격].” Misulsa yeongu (2011): 137-160. www.dbpia.co.kr
    Goryeo: The Glory of Korea [대고려, 그 찬란한 도전]. Seoul: National Museum of Korea, 2018.
    Korean Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Seoul: Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Foundation, 2021. Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 19, fig. 18
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