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Bowl with Lotus and Child Design in Relief
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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. A wide bowl like this example was especially suitable for drinking powdered tea shaved from a compressed tea cake, the most commonly enjoyed type during the Goryeo period.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineBowl with Lotus and Child Design in Relief (청자 양각 연꽃·동자무늬 사발 [靑磁陽刻蓮花童子文碗]), 1200s. Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392). Pottery; diameter of mouth: 19.9 cm (7 13/16 in.); overall: 6.5 cm (2 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John L. Severance, 1918.478
