Cleveland Museum of Art
Pigment Box (lid)
- Date
- 1200s
- Medium
- inlaid celadon ware
- Culture
- Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)
- Department
- Korean Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 109519
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
Celadons, spoons, seals, and bronze mirrors were the most common burial objects in tombs during the Goryeo period (918–1392). Once used to contain colored powder, rouge, and eyebrow gel for makeup, this small container was one of the standard goods that furnished elites' tombs. Both women and men used the grain powder of rice or millet for whitening their skin, safflower extract for rouge, and plant ash or soot for eyebrow gel. Yet, natural-looking makeup seems to have been the most favorable one in Korea according to the travelogue by Xu Jing (1091–1153), the Chinese diplomat who visited Korea in 1123. This ceramic container was used to store either incense or cosmetics.
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- Credit line
- Gift of John L. Severance
- Provenance
- (Dr. A. I. Ludlow [1875–1961], Cleveland, OH, sold to John L. Severance) | ?–1928: John L. Severance [1863–1936], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art | 1928–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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