id:			98736
accession number:	1918.423
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1918.423
updated:		2022-01-04 14:43:51.057000

Box and Cover with Inlaid Chrysanthemum Design, 1200s. Korea, Goryeo period (918-1392). Celadon; diameter: 9.1 cm (3 9/16 in.); overall: 4.2 cm (1 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John L. Severance 1918.423

title:				Box and Cover with Inlaid Chrysanthemum Design
title in original language:	청자 상감 국화무늬 합 (靑磁象嵌菊文母子盒)
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creation date:			1200s
creation date earliest:		1200
creation date latest:		1299
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creditline:			Gift of John L. Severance
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culture:	Korea, Goryeo period (918-1392)
technique:	celadon
department:	Korean Art
collection:	Korean Art
type:		Ceramic
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measurements: Diameter: 9.1 cm (3 9/16 in.); Overall: 4.2 cm (1 5/8 in.)
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fun fact: 
This ceramic container was used to store 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 color powder, rouge and eyebrow gel for makeup, this small container was one of the standard goods that furnished elites' tombs. Goryeo-period 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 make-up 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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CITATIONS

	Lee, Young-hee. "The Study on Techniques and their Interrelations among Craft Arts of the Goryeo Dynasty [고려시대 공예기법 연구 상호관련성을 중심으로]." <em>Misulsa hakbo</em> 22 (2004): 133-170.
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	url:		https://www.dbpia.co.kr/journal/articleDetail?nodeId=NODE00557781

	<em>A Chinese traveler in medieval Korea : Xu Jing's illustrated account of the Xuanhe embassy to Koryo</em>. Translated by Sem Vermeersch. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2016.
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	<em>Goryeo Dynasty: Korea's Age of Enlightenment, 918-1392</em>. San Francisco: Asian Art Museum, 2003.
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	<em>Goryeo: The Glory of Korea </em>[대고려, 그 찬란한 도전]. Seoul: National Museum of Korea, 2018.
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