id:			97491
accession number:	1917.1057
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1917.1057
updated:		2025-03-08 13:06:01.312000

Comma-shaped Jade, 400s CE. Korea, Three Kingdoms period (57 BCE–668 CE). Jade; overall: 8 x 4.9 x 3.1 cm (3 1/8 x 1 15/16 x 1 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust, 1917.1057

title:				Comma-shaped Jade
title in original language:	곱은 옥 (曲玉)
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creation date:			400s CE
creation date earliest:		400
creation date latest:		499
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creditline:			Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
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culture:	Korea, Three Kingdoms period (57 BCE–668 CE)
technique:	jade
department:	Korean Art
collection:	Korean Art
type:		Jewelry
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measurements: Overall: 8 x 4.9 x 3.1 cm (3 1/8 x 1 15/16 x 1 1/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Other Side of the Story - Korean Gallery 236 Rotation
	opening date:   2020-10-30T04:00:00
	<i>The Other Side of the Story - Korean Gallery 236 Rotation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (October 27, 2020-April 25, 2021).

	title:		Interpretation of Materiality: Gold
	opening date:   2021-04-29T04:00:00
	<i>Interpretation of Materiality: Gold</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 29-October 24, 2021).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Yamanaka and Company, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?-1917
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1917-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	<em>Golden Splendors: the Royal Tomb of Silla Hwangnamdaechong</em> [황남대총: 황금의 나라 신라의왕릉]. Seoul: National Museum of Korea, 2010.
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	Kim, Yang-dong. “ A cultural examination of the origin and symbol of comma-shaped jades of ancient Korea [고대 한국 曲玉의 기원과 상징에 대한 문화사적 검토].” <em>Silla sahakbo </em>25 (2012): 401-436.
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	url:		https://www.dbpia.co.kr/journal/articleDetail?nodeId=NODE02441742

	Lee, Soyoung, and Denise Patry Leidy. <em>Silla: Korea's Golden Kingdom</em>. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2013.
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	Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 248
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	Nelson, Sarah. <em>Gyeongju: The Capital of Golden Silla</em>. Routledge, 2019.
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