Cleveland Museum of Art

Eight-faceted Bottle

Date

1800s-1900s

Medium

stoneware

Culture

Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910)

Department

Korean Art

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

Toward the end of the 18th century, multifaceted bottles like this one became popular with the growing demand from both the elites as well as the middle class. The dark-brown iron oxide pigment makes this eight-faceted bottle earthy, yet sophisticated. The exquisite hue of this bottle is from iron oxide, also known as “purple oxide.”

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