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Collection Online as of April 25, 2024

Fragment of Garden Stool with Openwork Design

Fragment of Garden Stool with Openwork Design

1200s
(918–1392)
stoneware with celadon glaze, insiced scroll design, and carved openwork pattern with floral centers
Overall: 27.5 x 20.3 cm (10 13/16 x 8 in.)
Gift of John L. Severance 1918.418
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

This ceramic fragment was part of a luxurious outdoor stool. A similar example can be found in collection of the National Museum of Korea. https://www.museum.go.kr/site/main/relic/search/view?relicId=7126

Description

This ceramic fragment was part of a luxurious outdoor stool possibly used in a Goryeo elite's garden. A similar example, which maintains its pristine condition, can be found in collection of the National Museum of Korea. https://www.museum.go.kr/site/main/relic/search/view?relicId=7126.
  • ?-1918
    Purchased for the Worcester Warner Collection by Langdon Warner [1881-1955]. Sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1918-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • The one of the best preserved examples can be found in the collection of the National Museum of Korea, Seoul. www.museum.go.kr
    Goryeo Dynasty: Korea's Age of Enlightenment, 918-1392. San Francisco: Asian Art Museum, 2003.
    Goryeo: The Glory of Korea [대고려, 그 찬란한 도전]. Seoul: National Museum of Korea, 2018.
    Sparkles of Jade: Goryeo Celadon [高麗青磁 : ヒスイのきらめき]. Ōsaka: Ōsaka: Shiritsu Tōyō Tōji Bijutsukan, 2018.
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1918.418