id: 98740 accession number: 1918.424.a share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1918.424.a updated: 2022-01-04 14:43:51.560000 Box and Cover, 918-1392. Korea, Goryeo period (918-1392). Celadon; diameter: 3.7 cm (1 7/16 in.); overall: 1.2 cm (1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John L. Severance 1918.424.a title: Box and Cover title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 918-1392 creation date earliest: 918 creation date latest: 1392 current location: creditline: Gift of John L. Severance copyright: --- culture: Korea, Goryeo period (918-1392) technique: celadon department: Korean Art collection: Korean Art type: Ceramic find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Diameter: 3.7 cm (1 7/16 in.); Overall: 1.2 cm (1/2 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: This 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 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. wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1918.424.a/1918.424.a_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1918.424.a/1918.424.a_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1918.424.a/1918.424.a_full.tif