Oil Bottle with Inlaid Dots Design
1200s-1300s
Maker Unknown
Korean Art
Oil Bottle with Inlaid Dots Design, 1200s-1300s. Korea, Goryeo period (918-1392). Inlaid celadon ware (Mishima ware); outer diameter: 8.3 cm (3 1/4 in.); overall: 5.5 cm (2 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John L. Severance 1928.155 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. This bottle was used to contain oil treatment for hair.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Ceramic
- Formatted Medium
- inlaid celadon ware (Mishima ware)
- Dimensions
- Outer diameter: 8.3 cm (3 1/4 in.); Overall: 5.5 cm (2 3/16 in.)
- Departments
- Korean Art
- Accession Number
- 1928.155
- Credit Line
- Gift of John L. Severance
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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