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Vase with Bird and Flower Design

Vase with Bird and Flower Design

late 1800s–early 1900s
(1392–1910)
porcelain with underglaze blue
Outer diameter: 34.3 cm (13 1/2 in.); Overall: 49.4 cm (19 7/16 in.)
Gift of Yamanaka Shoji in memory of Jiro Yamanaka 1989.117
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

Nineteenth-century Korean blue-and-white porcelains tend to feature broad shoulders and a tall neck.

Description

This vase with broad shoulders and a tall neck represents a typical style of 19th-century blue-and-white porcelain. Unlike earlier examples decorated mainly with literati themes that evoke neo-Confucian moral values—plum blossoms (purity), orchids (grace), bamboo (integrity), and chrysanthemums (loftiness)—porcelain works of the 1800s feature fully bloomed peonies and a pair of playful birds, symbols of wealth and familial harmony.
  • ?-1989
    (Tregoning Fine Art, Cleveland, OH, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1989-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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    Bang, Byungsun. "The Technology of Porcelain Manufacturing in the late Joseon Dynasty [朝鮮後期白磁의製作技術硏究]." Misul sahak yeongu (1997): 67 -104. www.dbpia.co.kr
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    Choi, Kyung-hwa. “Observations on the Relation between Designs on White Porcelain and Folk Paintings of the Late Joseon Period [조선 후기 청화백자 문양과 민화와의 상관성 고찰].” Hanguk munhwa yeongu (2018): 151-18. www.kci.go.kr
  • Popular Art from Early Modern Korea (Korean art rotation). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 29, 2021-April 17, 2022).
    Ink, Paper, and Brush - Korean Gallery 236 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (July 24, 2019-January 26, 2020).
    Asian Autumn: Later Korean Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 22, 1992-January 3, 1993).
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1989.117