Oil Bottle
1100-1150 (made)
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Cosmetic oil bottles made of stoneware were used as early as the Unified Silla period (676–935). During the Goryeo dynasty, these bottles were made of celadon and decorated with a variety of techniques such as iron-brown underglazes, incisions or inlays. Smaller bottles kept perfumed oil and oils for mixing into pigments for makeup, while the larger bottles stored hair oils. These oils were often pressed from apricot stones, castor seeds, and rice bran.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Stoneware, thrown, covered with celadon glaze |
| Brief description | Oil bottle, stoneware with celadon glaze; Korea, Koryo dynasty, 1100-1150 |
| Physical description | Oil bottle of flattened globular shape, covered with a greyish celadon glaze, but with an unglazed ring at mouth. Undecorated, glaze degraded towards foot, lots of sand marks on base. |
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| Credit line | Given by Mr Aubrey Le Blond |
| Summary | Cosmetic oil bottles made of stoneware were used as early as the Unified Silla period (676–935). During the Goryeo dynasty, these bottles were made of celadon and decorated with a variety of techniques such as iron-brown underglazes, incisions or inlays. Smaller bottles kept perfumed oil and oils for mixing into pigments for makeup, while the larger bottles stored hair oils. These oils were often pressed from apricot stones, castor seeds, and rice bran. |
| Bibliographic reference | Bernard Rackham, Victoria and Albert Museum, Catalogue of the Le Blond collection of Corean pottery. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1918.
Cat. 36 |
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| Accession number | C.521-1918 |
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| Record created | February 3, 2000 |
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