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Floral-shaped Cup with Incised Chrysanthemum Design
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About this work
Both everyday objects and ornaments such as this drinking cup were standard for Goryeo period (918–1392) burial goods. Furnishing tombs with an elaborate assemblage of objects was believed to honor and comfort the newly dead. While greenish celadon works were mainstream during the Goryeo period, bluish-white ceramic works made of white clay such as this one were produced from time to time.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineFloral-shaped Cup with Incised Chrysanthemum Design (청자 음각 국화무늬 꽃모양 잔 [靑磁陰刻菊花文花形盞]), 1100s–1200s. Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392). Celadon; diameter of mouth: 7.1 cm (2 13/16 in.); overall: 6.9 cm (2 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John L. Severance, 1918.427
