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Bowl with Incised Parrot Design
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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. The image of flying parrots incised on the inner wall of this tea bowl must have made the moment of drinking tea more enjoyable and even magical.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineBowl with Incised Parrot Design (청자 음각 앵무새 무늬 사발 [靑磁陰刻鸚鵡文碗]), 1100s–1200s. Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392). Celadon ware with incised decoration; diameter of mouth: 10.9 cm (4 5/16 in.); overall: 6 cm (2 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John L. Severance, 1918.482
