id: 98806 accession number: 1918.482 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1918.482 updated: 2022-04-21 09:00:08.683000 Bowl with Incised Parrot Design, 1100s-1200s. Korea, Goryeo period (918-1392). Celadon ware with incised decoration; diameter of mouth: 10.9 cm (4 5/16 in.); overall: 6 cm (2 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John L. Severance 1918.482 title: Bowl with Incised Parrot Design title in original language: 청자 음각 앵무새 무늬 사발 (靑磁陰刻鸚鵡文碗) series: series in original language: creation date: 1100s-1200s creation date earliest: 1100 creation date latest: 1299 current location: creditline: Gift of John L. Severance copyright: --- culture: Korea, Goryeo period (918-1392) technique: celadon ware with incised decoration department: Korean Art collection: Korean Art type: Ceramic find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Diameter of mouth: 10.9 cm (4 5/16 in.); Overall: 6 cm (2 3/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: The Lure of Painted Poetry: Cross-cultural Text and Image in Korean and Japanese Art opening date: 2011-03-27T00:00:00 The Lure of Painted Poetry: Cross-cultural Text and Image in Korean and Japanese Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (April 15-August 21, 2011). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Cleveland Museum of Art, (3/27-8/28/11); "The Lure of Painted Poetry" cat. no. 64 --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: As early as the seventh century, the practice of drinking tea and wine became an important part of elite leisure culture in Korea. digital description: A wide bowl like this example was especially suitable for drinking powdered tea shaved from a compressed tea cake, the most commonly enjoyed type during the Goryeo period. The image of flying parrots incised on the inner wall of this tea bowl must have made the moment of drinking tea more enjoyable and even magical. wall description: This celadon tea or soup bowl was used by the royal or aristocratic class in the Goryeo period. The inside is incised with three flying birds that, because of their long chins, are assigned to the parrot design by Korean scholars. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Korean Celadons, the Best under Heaven [천하제일 비색청자]. Seoul : National Museum of Korea, 2012. page number: url: 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: Sparkles of Jade: Goryeo Celadon [高麗青磁 : ヒスイのきらめき]. Ōsaka: Ōsaka: Shiritsu Tōyō Tōji Bijutsukan, 2018. page number: url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1918.482/1918.482_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1918.482/1918.482_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1918.482/1918.482_full.tif