Cleveland Museum of Art

Bowl with Carved Design

Date: 1000s–1100s
Medium: pottery
Culture: Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)
Department: Korean Art
Institution: Cleveland Museum of Art

As early as the seventh century, the practice of drinking tea and wine became an important part of elite leisure culture in Korea. 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. This white bowl is highly likely to have served as a tea bowl.

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