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Dish with Incised Scroll Design
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While this dish was donated as a rare white celadon excavated from a Goryeo period tomb, it turns out to be a Song period Chinese Qingbai ware much enjoyed as a luxury item among Korean ruling elites in the Goryeo period (918–1392).
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineDish with Incised Scroll Design (음각 당초무늬 접시 (陰刻唐草文皿)), 900s–1100s. China, Song dynasty (960-1279). Pottery with pale bluish-white glaze and incised design, Qingbai ("blue-white") ware; overall: 1.2 x 9.2 cm (1/2 x 3 5/8 in.); diameter of base: 7 cm (2 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John L. Severance, 1921.644
