Bottle with a Flattened Side

Description

By the 700s, this type of bottle started to be produced as a utilitarian vessel and was enjoyed among ruling elites. The flattened example like this may have served as a portable wine bottle.

Provenance

Keum Ja Kang, New York, NY; (Kang Collection, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) (–1999); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (June 7, 1999–)

Bottle with a Flattened Side

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700s–800s

Accession Number

1999.92

Medium

stoneware with incised designs

Dimensions

Overall: 25.1 cm (9 7/8 in.); Diameter: 15.9 cm (6 1/4 in.)

Classification

Ceramic

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

John L. Severance Fund