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Cover for a Pitcher
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Cover for a Pitcher

1100s · celadon ware with inlaid white and black slip decoration

From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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As early as the seventh century, the practice of drinking tea and wine became an important part of elite leisure culture in Korea. This lid once served as a lid for a tea pot.

Cleveland Museum of Art’s own description
Credit lineCover for a Pitcher, 1100s. Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392). Celadon ware with inlaid white and black slip decoration; diameter of lid: 4.2 cm (1 5/8 in.); height of lid: 2.1 cm (13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John L. Severance, 1917.1090

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