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Eight-faceted Bottle
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About this work
Toward the end of the 1700s, multifaceted bottles like this one became popular with the growing demand from both the elites as well as the middle class. The dark-brown iron oxide pigment makes this eight-faceted bottle earthy, yet sophisticated.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineEight-faceted Bottle (백자 철채 음각문 팔각병 [白磁鐵彩陰刻文八角甁]), 1800s–1900s. Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910). Stoneware; overall: 23.2 cm (9 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cornelia Blakemore Warner Fund, 1969.58
