Vas, Ceremoniella gods, Husgeråd, Bronsflaska, Bottle, Ceremonial object, Household utensil

Den här bronsflaskan har en utsvängd mynning och en rund, päronformad kropp. Horisontella band runt mynningen och halsen, samt linjer som är inristade på munnens insida, skuldrorna och på buken bidrar till att tillföra ett dekorativt element till flaskans stränga elegans. Flaskan är troligtvis svarvad i flera delar som sedan gjutits samman. Skarvarna har täckt med dekorativa band. Foten och basen har gjutits separat och sedan fästs, troligtvis lötts fast, på flaskans kropp. Ytan är bucklig på flera ställen och nästan helt täckt av grön ärg.

Flaskor av den här typen tillverkades både i metall och keramik. Metallvarianten antas ha används till vatten vid buddistiska ritualer eller som vin och vattenflaskor i överklasshem under Goryeo (918-1392).

McKillop, B., 1992. Korean Art and Design. Victoria and Albert Museum, p. 108
국립문화재연구소 (National Research Institute). 2009. 미국 코넬대학교 허버트 F. 존슨 미술관 한국 문화재, 국외 한국문화재 조사보고서 제19권 (Korean Art Collection of the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Reports and catalogues of survey results on Korean artifacts housed in foreign institutions XIX), p. 368.
British Museum. 2017. British Museum - vase . [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=259151&partId=1&searchText=bottle+goryeo&page=1. [Accessed 31 October 2017].

This bronze bottle has a flaring mouth and a round, pear-shaped body. Horizontal bands around the lip and the neck, as well as incised lines on the interior of the mouth, the shoulder and around the belly, add a decorative element to the austere elegance of the bottle. The bottle was probably turned on a lathe, in several pieces, and soldered together. The joint lines were covered with decorative bands. The foot and base were made separately and attached, probably soldered, to the body of the vessel. The surface is dented in several places and covered almost entirely with a green patina.

Bottles of this shape were produced in metal and ceramics. The metal version is assumed to have been used in Buddhist rituals for holding and pouring water or as wine or water bottles in households of the Goryeo aristocracy (Goryeo dynasty: 918-1392).