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Crackle-glazed Bowl
The collection record classifies this work as ceramic. It is dated 1100s. Recorded culture or place: Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392).
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- Museum title
- Crackle-glazed Bowl
- Date
- 1100s
- Culture / origin
- Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)
- Materials and technique
- pottery
- Dimensions
- Diameter of base: 5.5 cm (2 3/16 in.); Overall: 4.2 cm (1 5/8 in.)
- Artist / maker
- Not specified by the museum
- Museum
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Accession number
- 1921.626
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The following description is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art’s original English record.
During the Goryeo period (918–1392), about 260 kilns operated in mainly Jeolla and Chungcheong provinces, meeting a high consumer demand. Celadon wares used for everyday such as this bowl were among the most common burial objects in tombs of the elites. Furnishing tombs with an elaborate assemblage of objects was believed to honor and comfort the newly dead. Generally, Goryeo tombs were left untouched until the late 1800s. During the colonial period (1910–45), however, Japanese archaeologists competitively excavated the tombs located in Kaeseong, the former capital of the Goryeo period, and these wares soon became available for Japanese and Western collectors.
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The Cleveland Museum of Art · Gift of John L. Severance · CC0
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