The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of March 29, 2024

Oil Bottle

Oil Bottle

1100s–1200s
Outer diameter: 7.4 cm (2 15/16 in.); Overall: 4.6 cm (1 13/16 in.)
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.
  • (Dr. Alfred Irving Ludlow [1875–1961], Cleveland, OH)
    1928–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Goryeo: The Glory of Korea [대고려, 그 찬란한 도전]. Seoul: National Museum of Korea, 2018.
    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.
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1928.153