Melon-shaped Wine Ewer
1100s-1200s
Maker Unknown
Korean Art
Melon-shaped Wine Ewer, 1100s-1200s. Korea, Goryeo period (918-1392). Celadon; outer diameter: 6.7 cm (2 5/8 in.); height with lid: 9 cm (3 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John L. Severance 1928.173 This miniature wine pot was buried in a tomb for the soul of the deceased.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Ceramic
- Formatted Medium
- celadon
- Medium
- celadon
- Dimensions
- Outer diameter: 6.7 cm (2 5/8 in.); height with lid: 9 cm (3 9/16 in.)
- Departments
- Korean Art
- Accession Number
- 1928.173
- Credit Line
- Gift of John L. Severance
- Exhibitions
- Mountains and Rivers Beyond the DMZ – Korean Gallery 236 Rotation, Interpretation of Materiality: Gold (Korean art rotation)
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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