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Dish
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Celadons wares used for everyday such as this dish were among the most common burial objects in tombs during the Goryeo period (918–1392). Furnishing tombs with an elaborate assemblage of objects was believed to honor and comfort the newly dead. Generally, Goryeo tombs were left untouched until the late 1800s. During the colonial period (1910–45), however, Japanese archaeologists competitively excavated the tombs located in Kaeseong, the former capital of the Goryeo period, and soon began making tomb goods available for Japanese and Western collectors.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineDish (청자 접시 [靑磁楪子]), 1100s–1200s. Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392). Pottery; diameter: 18.3 cm (7 3/16 in.); overall: 4.5 cm (1 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John L. Severance, 1921.627
