id: 95444 accession number: 1916.1186 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1186 updated: 2023-08-26 11:09:30.284000 Box and Cover with Inlaid Phoenix Design, 918–1392. Korea, Goryeo period (918-1392). Earthenware; diameter: 19.4 cm (7 5/8 in.); overall: 12.7 cm (5 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Collection 1916.1186 title: Box and Cover with Inlaid Phoenix Design title in original language: 청자 상감 봉황무늬 합 (靑磁象嵌凰文母子盒) series: series in original language: creation date: 918–1392 creation date earliest: 918 creation date latest: 1392 current location: creditline: John L. Severance Collection copyright: --- culture: Korea, Goryeo period (918-1392) technique: earthenware department: Korean Art collection: Korean Art type: Ceramic find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Diameter: 19.4 cm (7 5/8 in.); Overall: 12.7 cm (5 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Exhibition of the Month: Herbs in Art opening date: 1953-05-08T04:00:00 Exhibition of the Month: Herbs in Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 8-August 1, 1953). title: Korean Ceramics opening date: 1968-04-18T05:00:00 Korean Ceramics. The Asia Society Museum, New York, NY (organizer) (April 18-June 2, 1968); Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto M5S 2C6, Canada (July 15-August 30, 1968); The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (October 1-November 15, 1968). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: This lidded ceramic container was used to store either incense or cosmetics. digital 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 colored powder, rouge, and eyebrow gel for makeup, this small container was one of the standard goods that furnished elites' tombs. Both women and men used the grain powder of rice or millet for whitening their skin, safflower extract for rouge, and plant ash or soot for eyebrow gel. Yet, natural-looking makeup seems to have been the most favorable one in Korea according to the travelogue by Xu Jing (1091–1153), the Chinese diplomat who visited Korea in 1123. wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Goryeo Dynasty: Korea's Age of Enlightenment, 918-1392. San Francisco: Asian Art Museum, 2003. page number: url: Lee, Young-hee. "The Study on Techniques and their Interrelations among Craft Arts of the Goryeo Dynasty [고려시대 공예기법 연구 상호관련성을 중심으로]." Misulsa hakbo 22 (2004): 133-170. page number: url: https://www.dbpia.co.kr/journal/articleDetail?nodeId=NODE00557781 A Chinese traveler in medieval Korea : Xu Jing's illustrated account of the Xuanhe embassy to Koryo. Translated by Sem Vermeersch. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2016. page number: url: Goryeo: The Glory of Korea [대고려, 그 찬란한 도전]. Seoul: National Museum of Korea, 2018. page number: url: Sparkles of Jade: Goryeo Celadon [高麗青磁 : ヒスイのきらめき]. Ōsaka: Ōsaka: Shiritsu Tōyō Tōji Bijutsukan, 2018. page number: url: Korean Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Seoul: Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Foundation, 2021. page number: Reproduced: p. 23, fig. 3 url: 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. page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: P. 23, fig. 3; P. 77 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1186/1916.1186_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1186/1916.1186_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1186/1916.1186_full.tif