Wide-Mouthed Vase (1000s–1100s): Art, History and Details

Wide-Mouthed Vase (1000s–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 including this handsome wine bottle, to make their drinking experience more exciting.

Object facts

• Title: Wide-Mouthed Vase
• Date: 1000s–1100s
• Culture: Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)
• Type: Ceramic
• Technique: porcelaneous ware with celadon glaze and fluted and incised decoration
• Dimensions: Outer diameter: 14.5 cm (5 11/16 in.); Overall: 25.2 cm (9 15/16 in.)
• Collection: Korean Art
• Department: Korean Art
• Accession number: 1928.176

A detail from the museum

The translucent greenish and bluish glaze of Goryeo celadons, shown in this vase, is the result of distinctive small and long Korean kilns, which maintained a low oxygen saturation with a high level of carbon dioxide.

Collection credit

Gift of John L. Severance

Further reading listed by the museum

• Goryeo Dynasty: Korea's Age of Enlightenment, 918-1392. San Francisco: Asian Art Museum, 2003.
• 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]." Art Hisotory (August 2008): 105-141.
• Goryeo: The Glory of Korea [대고려, 그 찬란한 도전]. Seoul: National Museum of Korea, 2018.

View the collection record

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