id:			95446
accession number:	1916.1186.b
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1186.b
updated:		2022-06-22 09:00:09.917000

Box (lid), 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.b

title:				Box (lid)
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creation date:			918-1392
creation date earliest:		918
creation date latest:		1392
current location:		
creditline:			John L. Severance Collection
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culture:	Korea, Goryeo period (918-1392)
technique:	earthenware
department:	Korean Art
collection:	Korean Art
type:		Ceramic
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CREATORS

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measurements: Diameter: 19.4 cm (7 5/8 in.); Overall: 12.7 cm (5 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Korean Ceramics
	opening date:   1968-04-18T05:00:00
	<i>Korean Ceramics</i>. 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).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

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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.

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	<em>Korean Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Seoul: Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Foundation, 2021.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 23, fig. 3
	url:		

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IMAGES

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