The Cleveland Museum of Art

• Full conservation statement
  The porcelain vessel showed dark staining in areas around the lower half that partially obscured the characters on the four sides. The surface of the jar was first cleaned using cotton swabs and a chelating solution with a tailored pH level to safely remove grime along the edges and crevices. This solution was also used to treat the staining. First, conservators placed a poultice of cellulose fiber on the porcelain and saturated the material with the solution. The jar was then wrapped and left overnight so that the cleaning agent could reduce the stains between the cracks in the glaze. The surface was then thoroughly cleaned with deionized water. Finally, a tailored bleaching solution was applied in a similar poultice to reduce the remaining discoloration.
• Provenance
  ?–1981

  (Kochukyo Co., Inc., Tokyo, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)

  1981–

  The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
• Citations
  Neils, Jenifer. The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982. Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 139, no. 143

  Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1981.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 69, no. 2 (February 1982): 39–82. Reproduced: p. 76; Mentioned: p. 83, no. 137 www.jstor.org

  Bang, Byung-sun. "The Technology of Porcelain Manufacturing in the late Chosŏn Dynasty [朝鮮 後期 白磁의 製作技術 硏究]." Misul sahak yeongu (1997): 67–104. www.dbpia.co.kr

  Kang, Kyeong-sook. History of Korean Ceramics [韓國陶磁史]. Seoul: Yekyong, 2012.

  Lee, Soo-mi and Park Hyewon, eds. Korean Art from the United States [미국, 한국미술을 만나다]. Seoul: National Museum of Korea, 2012. Reproduced: cat. no. 73, p. 169

  Treasures from Korea: Arts and Culture of the Joseon Dynasty, 1392-1910. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2014.

  Ch'a, Mi-rae, Kwi-suk An, Cleveland Museum of Art, and 국외소재문화재재단. The Korean Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Edited by An Min-hŭi. First edition, English ed. Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Series, 16. Seoul, Republic of Korea: Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Foundation, 2021. Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 90
• Exhibition History
  Ink, Paper, and Brush - Korean Gallery 236 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (July 24, 2019-January 26, 2020).

  Korean Art from the United States. National Museum of Korea, Seoul, Korea (Republic of) (organizer) (June 4-August 5, 2012).

  Scholar's Studio. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 19-December 17, 1989).

  The Year in Review for 1981. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 17-March 21, 1982).
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