Wide-Mouthed Bottle (1100s): Art, History and Details

Wide-Mouthed Bottle (1100s) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

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

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 utensils and vessels made in both ceramic and bronze, including this handsome bronze wine bottle to make their drinking experience more exciting.

Object facts

• Title: Wide-Mouthed Bottle
• Date: 1100s
• Culture: Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)
• Type: Metalwork
• Technique: bronze
• Dimensions: Diameter of mouth: 8.6 cm (3 3/8 in.); Overall: 26.3 cm (10 3/8 in.)
• Collection: Korean Art
• Department: Korean Art
• Accession number: 1991.227

A detail from the museum

A bottle with a wide opening is one of the popular types for both bronze and celadon wares. Its ceramic counterpart is CMA 1918.435.

Collection credit

John L. Severance Fund

Further reading listed by the museum

• Goryeo Dynasty: Korea's Age of Enlightenment, 918-1392. San Francisco: Asian Art Museum, 2003.
• Choi, Eung-chon. “Craftsmen in Metal Arts in the Goryeo Dynasty [고려시대 金屬工藝의 匠人].” Misulsahak yeongu (2004): 171–192.
• Kim, Hyeon'a. "A Study on Consumption Trend of Bangujangkeng bottle in the Goryeo Period [고려시대 瓷器盤口長頸甁의 소비성격과 조형변천]." Misul sahak (2008): 105–141.

View the collection record

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