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36. ith a dish-shaped mouth, the body of this bottle is
Bottle Wovular in shape, almost cocoon-like. It is coated with
11th–13th century, Goryeo a mottled, brownish-green glaze that reaches nearly to the
Stoneware with brownish-green glaze flat base. The otherwise gray body material has fired to a
H: 16.3 cm, W: 10.2 cm brownish-red color on the exposed surfaces during firing.
Judging by its size, this bottle was used for pouring alcohol.
It is too small to contain any meaningful amount of nonal-
coholic beverage.
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