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Lid for Bamboo Shoot-shaped Ewer

Lid for Bamboo Shoot-shaped Ewer

1100s
(918–1392)
earthenware with carved designs and celadon glaze
Gift of Sebastian Izzard 1998.289
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

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.
  • ?–1998
    Sebastian Izzard, New York, NY, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1998–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • 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: P. 64-65, 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.
  • {{cite web|title=Lid for Bamboo Shoot-shaped Ewer|url=false|author=|year=1100s|access-date=07 May 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1998.289