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Bowl with Incised Parrot Design
1100s-1200s
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
A wide bowl like this example was especially suitable for drinking powdered tea shaved from a compressed tea cake, the most commonly enjoyed type during the Goryeo period. The image of flying parrots incised on the inner wall of this tea bowl must have made the moment of drinking tea more enjoyable and even magical.
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- Title: Bowl with Incised Parrot Design
- Date Created: 1100s-1200s
- Physical Dimensions: Diameter of mouth: 10.9 cm (4 5/16 in.); Overall: 6 cm (2 3/8 in.)
- Type: Ceramic
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1918.482
- Medium: celadon ware with incised decoration
- Original Title: 청자 음각 앵무새 무늬 사발 (靑磁陰刻鸚鵡文碗)
- Fun Fact: As early as the seventh century, the practice of drinking tea and wine became an important part of elite leisure culture in Korea.
- Department: Korean Art
- Culture: Korea, Goryeo period (918-1392)
- Credit Line: Gift of John L. Severance
- Collection: Korean Art
- Accession Number: 1918.482
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