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not on view

Fun Fact

This lid was donated in 1998 for the bamboo-shaped wine pitcher (1928.179), but it turned out to be too big.

Description

Natural motifs inspired both the shape of celadon vessels as well as their inlaid designs in the Goryeo period. This wine ewer is shaped like a bamboo shoot, but it also resembles a lotus bud. Even though the spout was repaired, the ewer is a celadon masterpiece of the Goryeo period.

Provenance

?–1998

Sebastian Izzard, New York, NY, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art

1998–

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Citations

Goryeo Dynasty: Korea's Age of Enlightenment, 918-1392. San Francisco: Asian Art Museum, 2003.

Sŏn, Sŭng-hye. The Lure of Painted Poetry: Japanese and Korean Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2011. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 48

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.

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Lid for Bamboo Shoot-shaped Ewer

청자 죽순형 뚜껑 (靑瓷竹筍形蓋)

Korea, Goryeo period

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