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Gourd-shaped Wine Pot

1200s

Korea, Goryeo dynasty

(918–1392)
pottery
height with lid: 26.7 cm (10 1/2 in.)
Gift of John L. Severance 1921.632
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

This gourd-shaped bottle once used to serve wine.

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 elegant wine pitcher, not only to make their drinking experience more exciting, but also to show their appreciation of nature.
  • The well-preserved example for gourd-shaped wine pot can be found in the collection of the Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution. archive.asia.si.edu
    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
    Goryeo Dynasty: Korea's Age of Enlightenment, 918-1392. San Francisco: Asian Art Museum, 2003.
    Goryeo: The Glory of Korea [대고려, 그 찬란한 도전]. Seoul: National Museum of Korea, 2018.
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