Description
By the 700s, this type of bottle started to be produced as a utilitarian vessel and was enjoyed among ruling elites. The flattened example like this may have served as a portable wine bottle.
Provenance
Keum Ja Kang, New York, NY; (Kang Collection, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) (–1999); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (June 7, 1999–)
Accession Number
1999.92
Medium
stoneware with incised designs
Dimensions
Overall: 25.1 cm (9 7/8 in.); Diameter: 15.9 cm (6 1/4 in.)
Classification
Ceramic
Credit Line
John L. Severance Fund
