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Vase with Bird and Flower Design

백자 청화 화조문 호 (白磁靑畵花鳥文壺)

late 1800s–early 1900s

Korea, Joseon dynasty

(1392–1910)
Medium
porcelain with underglaze blue
Measurements
Outer diameter: 34.3 cm (13 1/2 in.); Overall: 49.4 cm (19 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Yamanaka Shoji in memory of Jiro Yamanaka 1989.117
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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.
White porcelain vase with a blue peony flower, widening to broad shoulders from a narrow base and then narrowing back in at the neck. The peony juts up in loose strokes from the base, the frilly flowers blooming at the widest part of the vase and blue three-pronged leaves sprouting from the stem and behind the flower.

Vase with Bird and Flower Design

late 1800s–early 1900s

Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910)

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