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Dream Jar

1994

Shin Sangho 신상호

(Korean, b. 1947)

Korea

Stoneware with carved, stamped designs, and inlaid slip under celadon glaze

Outer diameter: 32.6 cm (12 13/16 in.); Overall: 35.5 cm (14 in.)

Gift of the Artist 1995.39

Location

236 Korean

Fun Fact

The creator of this jar was inspired by a traditional Korean ceramic type called <em>buncheong</em> in terms of using white slip.

Description

As part of the artist’s Dream series, this contemporary Korean ceramic work expresses how the long, rich tradition of Korean ceramics continues to be the source of artistic inspiration for contemporary artists. Shin borrowed the main decorative mode called buncheong, a type of ceramic ware popular in the 1400s and 1500s that uses a coating of white slip, seen in the photograph of the tall jar, with drawn abstract patterns evoking expressive calligraphic brushstrokes.

Inscriptions

Inscription

box signed and dated 1994.

Provenance

1994

Shin Sangho 신상호 [b. 1947], given to the Cleveland Museum of Art

1994–

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Exhibition history

Korean Gallery 236 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (January 13-July 10, 2017).

Korean Gallery 236 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (July 10, 2017-January 8, 2018).

Creating Urgency: Modern and Contemporary Korean Art (Korean art rotation). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 22-October 23, 2022).