Bowl with Incised Parrot Design
1100–1299
- Medium
- celadon ware with incised decoration
- Dimensions
- Diameter of mouth: 10.9 cm (4 5/16 in.); Overall: 6 cm (2 3/8 in.)
- Genre
- Ceramic
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)
About
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.