Long-necked Bottle with Incised Floral Design (1100s–1200s): Art, History and Details

Long-necked Bottle with Incised Floral Design (1100s–1200s) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

Elites of the Goryeo period are known for their love of drinking tea and wine in various occasions, and commissioned a variety of serving wares such as this wine bottle. The shape of this bottle with a narrow, long neck and a spherical body is believed to have been first invented in 9th-century Chinese Yue kilns of Northern Zhejiang province.

Object facts

• Title: Long-necked Bottle with Incised Floral Design
• Date: 1100s–1200s
• Type: Ceramic
• Technique: celadon ware with incised and carved decoration
• Dimensions: Overall: 32.2 cm (12 11/16 in.); Outer diameter: 18.4 cm (7 1/4 in.)
• Collection: Korean Art
• Department: Korean Art
• Accession number: 1921.622

A detail from the museum

This bottle with a narrow, long neck and a spherical body, which is missing its lid, was once used in ceremonial events to serve wine.

Collection credit

Gift of John L. Severance

Further reading listed by the museum

• This type of bottle with different decoration can be found in the collection of the National Museum of Korea (Seoul).
• Goryeo Dynasty: Korea's Age of Enlightenment, 918-1392. San Francisco: Asian Art Museum, 2003.
• Sparkles of Jade: Goryeo Celadon [高麗青磁 : ヒスイのきらめき]. Ōsaka: Ōsaka: Shiritsu Tōyō Tōji Bijutsukan, 2018.

View the collection record

See the museum's photographs and full catalogue entry. Catalogue text is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art's open-access data, with HTML formatting removed. This object and its supplied image are designated CC0.