id: 97711 accession number: 1917.356 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1917.356 updated: 2022-10-28 20:25:41.643000 Pitcher with Inlaid Figure and Willow Design, 1200s. Korea, Goryeo period (918-1392). Celadon ware with inlaid white and black slip decoration; diameter: 14.3 cm (5 5/8 in.); overall: 20.4 cm (8 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John L. Severance 1917.356 title: Pitcher with Inlaid Figure and Willow Design title in original language: 청자 상감 인물무늬 주전자 (靑磁象嵌人物文注子) series: series in original language: creation date: 1200s creation date earliest: 1200 creation date latest: 1299 current location: creditline: Gift of John L. Severance copyright: --- culture: Korea, Goryeo period (918-1392) technique: celadon ware with inlaid white and black slip decoration department: Korean Art collection: Korean Art type: Ceramic find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Diameter: 14.3 cm (5 5/8 in.); Overall: 20.4 cm (8 1/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: The Lure of Painted Poetry: Cross-cultural Text and Image in Korean and Japanese Art opening date: 2011-03-27T00:00:00 The Lure of Painted Poetry: Cross-cultural Text and Image in Korean and Japanese Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (April 15-August 21, 2011). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Cleveland Museum of Art, (3/2/ 2011 - 8/21/2011); "The Lure of Painted Poetry: Cross-cultural Text and Image in Korean and Japanese Art" cat. 10 --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: As one of the oldest board games invented in China, this East Asian chess is still played in international competition venues. digital description: wall description: Representations of the elite’s elegant gatherings also appear on craft art designs, particularly depictions of the four accomplishments celebrated as cultivated pastimes by the scholar-literati elite—that is, playing stringed instruments and chess, and practicing calligraphy and painting. The image on this rare Korean inlaid celadon of two figures sitting together under a tree is comparable to renderings featuring the accomplishment motif of playing chess, or baduk in Korean. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Jang, Nam-won. "The Tea and Celadons during the Goryeo Dynasty : Considering the Celadon Tea Utensils [고려시대 茶文化와 靑瓷]." Misulsa nondan (2007): 129-162. page number: url: https://www.dbpia.co.kr/journal/articleDetail?nodeId=NODE01351978 Yi, Jong-min. "The New Trends on the latter 14th Century's Inlaid Celadon of Koryŏ Dynasty: Focusing on Table Ware [14世紀 後半 高麗象嵌靑磁의 新傾向: 음식기명을 중심으로]." Korean Journal of Art History vol. 3 (1994): 5-40. page number: url: https://www.dbpia.co.kr/journal/articleDetail?nodeId=NODE00999358 Goryeo Dynasty: Korea's Age of Enlightenment, 918-1392. San Francisco: Asian Art Museum, 2003. page number: url: Goryeo: The Glory of Korea [대고려, 그 찬란한 도전]. Seoul: National Museum of Korea, 2018. page number: url: Lee, Young-hee. "The Study on Techniques and their Interrelations among Craft Arts of the Goryeo Dynasty [고려시대 공예기법 연구 상호관련성을 중심으로]." Misulsa hakbo 22 (2004): 133-170. page number: url: https://www.dbpia.co.kr/journal/articleDetail?nodeId=NODE00557781 Sparkles of Jade: Goryeo Celadon [高麗青磁 : ヒスイのきらめき]. Ōsaka: Ōsaka: Shiritsu Tōyō Tōji Bijutsukan, 2018. page number: url: Cleveland Museum of Art, and Sŏn Sŭng-hye. The Lure of Painted Poetry: Japanese and Korean Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2011. page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 23, no. 10 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1917.356/1917.356_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1917.356/1917.356_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1917.356/1917.356_full.tif