id: 103753 accession number: 1921.690 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1921.690 updated: 2022-04-05 09:00:44.187000 Bowl with Peony Design in Relief, 1200s. Korea, Goryeo period (918-1392). Pottery; diameter of mouth: 18.1 cm (7 1/8 in.); overall: 8.3 cm (3 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John L. Severance 1921.690 title: Bowl with Peony Design in Relief title in original language: 청자 양각 모란무늬 사발 (靑磁陽刻牡丹文碗) series: series in original language: creation date: 1200s creation date earliest: 1200 creation date latest: 1299 current location: creditline: Gift of John L. Severance copyright: --- culture: Korea, Goryeo period (918-1392) technique: pottery department: Korean Art collection: Korean Art type: Ceramic find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Diameter of mouth: 18.1 cm (7 1/8 in.); Overall: 8.3 cm (3 1/4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: Kangjin and Buan kilns in Jeolla province were the two major production centers for celadon wares during the Goryeo period (918-1392). digital description: As early as the seventh century, the practice of drinking tea and wine became an important part of elite leisure culture in Korea. 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. A large bloomed peony in relief on the inside of this tea bowl may have made the moment of drinking tea more enjoyable. wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Goryeo Dynasty: Korea's Age of Enlightenment, 918-1392. San Francisco: Asian Art Museum, 2003. page number: url: Jang, Nam-won. "The Characteristics of Mid-Goryeo Celadons with Molded Design [高麗中期壓出陽刻 靑瓷의 性格]." Korean Journal of Art History vol. 242-243, 9 (2004): 95-120. page number: url: https://www.dbpia.co.kr/journal/articleDetail?nodeId=NODE00997744 Jang, Nam-won. "The Tea and Celadons during the Goryeo Dynasty : Considering the Celadon Tea Utensils [고려시대 茶文化와 靑瓷]." Misulsa nondan (2007): 129-162. page number: url: https://www.dbpia.co.kr/journal/articleDetail?nodeId=NODE01351978 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/1921.690/1921.690_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1921.690/1921.690_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1921.690/1921.690_full.tif