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
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).