Dish with Incised Scroll Design
Unknown Artist
900s–1100s
Medium
Pottery with pale bluish-white glaze and incised design, Qingbai ("blue-white") ware
Dimensions
1.2 × 9.2 cm · diameter of base 7 cm
Classification
Ceramic
Department
Chinese Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of John L. Severance
Accession Number
1921.644
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
While this dish was donated as a rare white celadon excavated from a Goryeo period tomb, it turns out to be a Song period Chinese Qingbai ware much enjoyed as a luxury item among Korean ruling elites in the Goryeo period (918–1392).