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Long-necked Bottle with Incised Floral Design

Long-necked Bottle with Incised Floral Design

1100s–1200s

Overall: 32.2 cm (12 11/16 in.); Outer diameter: 18.4 cm (7 1/4 in.)
Location: 236 Korean

Did You Know?

This bottle with a narrow, long neck and a spherical body, which is missing its lid, was once used in ceremonial events to serve wine.

Description

Elites of the Goryeo period are known for their love of drinking tea and wine in various occasions, and commissioned a variety of serving wares such as this wine bottle. The shape of this bottle with a narrow, long neck and a spherical body is believed to have been first invented in 9th-century Chinese Yue kilns of Northern Zhejiang province.
  • ?–1921
    (Dr. Alfred Irving Ludlow [1875–1961], Cleveland, OH)
    1921–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • This type of bottle with different decoration can be found in the collection of the National Museum of Korea (Seoul). www.museum.go.kr
    Goryeo Dynasty: Korea's Age of Enlightenment, 918-1392. San Francisco: Asian Art Museum, 2003.
    Sparkles of Jade: Goryeo Celadon [高麗青磁 : ヒスイのきらめき]. Ōsaka: Ōsaka: Shiritsu Tōyō Tōji Bijutsukan, 2018.
    Goryeo: The Glory of Korea [대고려, 그 찬란한 도전]. Seoul: National Museum of Korea, 2018.
    Ch'a, Mi-rae, Kwi-suk An, Cleveland Museum of Art, and 국외소재문화재재단. The Korean Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Edited by An Min-hŭi. First edition, English ed. Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Series, 16. Seoul, Republic of Korea: Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Foundation, 2021. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 53
  • Korean Gallery 236 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (July 16, 2018-January 20, 2019).
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