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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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