id: 98736
accession number: 1918.423
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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.
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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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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.
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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.
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Goryeo Dynasty: Korea's Age of Enlightenment, 918-1392. San Francisco: Asian Art Museum, 2003.
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Goryeo: The Glory of Korea [대고려, 그 찬란한 도전]. Seoul: National Museum of Korea, 2018.
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