The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Box from Set of Five

Art Object

Buddhism along the Silk Road

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Box from Set of Five

Period:: Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)
Date:: 13th–14th century
Culture:: Korea
Medium:: Stoneware with inlaid decoration of cranes and clouds under celadon glaze
Dimensions:: H. 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm); Diam. 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm)
Classification:: Ceramics
Credit Line:: Gift of Edna H. Bahr, 1962
Accession Number:: 62.97.8a, b

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Description

Celadon boxes like those comprising this set—four or five diminutive ones inside a larger round one—were used as containers for cosmetics or incense.
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Glaze (5,188)

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Where
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When
A.D. 1000-1400 (7,084)
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Korea, 1000–1400 A.D.