id: 156276 accession number: 1992.113 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1992.113 updated: 2022-01-04 17:10:53.561000 Gourd-Shaped Bottle, 918–1392. Korea, Goryeo period (918-1392). Bronze; outer diameter: 12 cm (4 3/4 in.); overall: 33.5 cm (13 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1992.113 title: Gourd-Shaped Bottle title in original language: 청동 표주박모양 정병 (靑銅瓢形淨甁) series: series in original language: creation date: 918–1392 creation date earliest: 918 creation date latest: 1392 current location: creditline: John L. Severance Fund copyright: --- culture: Korea, Goryeo period (918-1392) technique: bronze department: Korean Art collection: Korean Art type: Metalwork find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Outer diameter: 12 cm (4 3/4 in.); Overall: 33.5 cm (13 3/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * CMA 1993: "The Year in Review for 1992," cat., Bulletin 80 (February 1993), p. 78, no. 424. --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: This gourd-shaped bottle may have been used to serve wine. digital description: As early as the seventh century, the practice of drinking tea and wine became an important part of elite culture in Korea. Elites of the Goryeo period commissioned a variety of types of ceramic and metal utensils including this bronze bottle, not only to make their drinking experience more exciting, but also to show their appreciation of nature. wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Choi, Eung-chon. “Metal Arts in the Late Goryeo Period [고려후기의 금속공예].” Kangjwa misulsa (2004): 125-156. page number: url: http://www.dbpia.co.kr/journal/articleDetail?nodeId=NODE09054886 Choi, Eung-chon. “Craftsmen in Metal Arts in the Goryeo Dynasty [고려시대 金屬工藝의 匠人].” Misulsahak yeongu (2004): 171-192. page number: url: http://www.dbpia.co.kr/journal/articleDetail?nodeId=NODE00996932 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/1992.113/1992.113_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1992.113/1992.113_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1992.113/1992.113_full.tif