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Wine Ewer with Incised Bamboo Shoot Design
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Natural motifs inspired the shape of celadon vessels as well as their inlaid designs in the Goryeo period. This wine ewer is shaped like a bamboo shoot, but it also resembles a lotus bud. Even though the spout was repaired, the ewer is a masterpiece of Goryeo period celadon. Ewers of the same shape are now housed at the National Museum of Korea and the Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineWine Ewer with Incised Bamboo Shoot Design (청자 죽순모양 주전자 [靑磁竹筍形注子]), 1100s. Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392). Celadon ware with incised decoration; diameter: 14.7 cm (5 13/16 in.); overall: 18.2 cm (7 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John L. Severance, 1928.179
