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38.                                                   he mouth of this bottle constricts at the neck before
               Bottle                                             Topening out onto slumping shoulders and tapering to-
               12th century, Goryeo                               wards the base. It is coated with a mottled dark olive-colored
               TL results: fired between 600 & 1,000 years ago    glaze. When the piece was glazed, it was not completely coat-
               Stoneware with greenish-brown glaze                ed near the base, as evidenced by the dripping glaze near the
               H: 23.5 cm, W: 14.2 cm                             bottom of the vessel, leaving certain areas of the chocolate-
                                                                  colored surface of the body bare. The slightly concave base
                                                                  is unglazed.



















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