The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 21, 2024
Oil Bottle
1100s
(918–1392)
Diameter: 7.9 cm (3 1/8 in.); Overall: 5.4 cm (2 1/8 in.)
Gift of John L. Severance 1921.639
Location: not on view
Did You Know?
This bottle was used to contain oil treatment for hair.Description
Celadons, spoons, seals, and bronze mirrors were the most common burial objects in tombs during the Goryeo period (918-1392). Once used to contain oil treatment for hair, this little celadon bottle was one of the standard goods that furnished elites' tombs.- Goryeo Dynasty: Korea's Age of Enlightenment, 918-1392. San Francisco: Asian Art Museum, 2003.Tajima, Mitsuru, Wil Lautenschlager, and Kawanishi Noriko. Celadons of the Koryŏ court = Kōrai ōchō : hishoku seiji no kirameki. Tokyo: London Gallery, 2010.Goryeo: The Glory of Korea [대고려, 그 찬란한 도전]. Seoul: National Museum of Korea, 2018.Sparkles of Jade: Goryeo Celadon [高麗青磁 : ヒスイのきらめき]. Ōsaka: Ōsaka: Shiritsu Tōyō Tōji Bijutsukan, 2018.
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