id: 98784 accession number: 1918.461 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1918.461 updated: 2020-12-03 10:00:22.212000 Miniature Jar, 1100s. Korea, Goryeo period (918-1392). Celadon; overall: 11.4 cm (4 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John L. Severance 1918.461 title: Miniature Jar title in original language: 청자호 (靑磁壺) series: series in original language: creation date: 1100s creation date earliest: 1100 creation date latest: 1199 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: Overall: 11.4 cm (4 1/2 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: This miniature celadon jar was part of the gifts donated by John L. Severance (1863–1936). He and his father Louis H. Severance (1838–1913) collected Korean ceramics of the Goryeo dynasty (918–1392) from a number of pioneering medical missionaries as a way to foster their activities in Korea, and later donated them to the Cleveland Museum of Art. digital description: Celadons, spoons, seals, and bronze mirrors were the most common burial objects in tombs during the Goryeo period (918-1392). Furnishing tombs with an elaborate assemblage of objects was believed to honor and comfort the newly dead. This miniature jar was not used during the lifetime of the tomb owner, but rather was specially commissioned as part of the burial goods. wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Goryeo Dynasty: Korea's Age of Enlightenment, 918-1392. San Francisco: Asian Art Museum, 2003. page number: url: Goryeo: The Glory of Korea [대고려, 그 찬란한 도전]. Seoul: National Museum of Korea, 2018. page number: url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1918.461/1918.461_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1918.461/1918.461_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1918.461/1918.461_full.tif