id: 136769 accession number: 1961.270 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1961.270 updated: 2023-03-20 14:14:13.761000 Iron-glazed Prunus Vase with Inlaid Floral Design, 1100s-1200s. Korea, Goryeo period (918-1392). Iron-black ware; overall: 29.7 cm (11 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1961.270 title: Iron-glazed Prunus Vase with Inlaid Floral Design title in original language: 철채 상감 초화무늬 매병 series: series in original language: creation date: 1100s-1200s creation date earliest: 1100 creation date latest: 1299 current location: creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund copyright: --- culture: Korea, Goryeo period (918-1392) technique: iron-black ware department: Korean Art collection: Korean Art type: Ceramic find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 29.7 cm (11 11/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Year in Review - 1962 opening date: 1962-10-24T04:00:00 Year in Review - 1962. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 24-November 25, 1962). title: Tea Taste in Japanese Art opening date: 1963-02-20T05:00:00 Tea Taste in Japanese Art. The Asia Society Museum, New York, NY (organizer) (February 20-April 21, 1963). title: Korean Ceramics opening date: 1968-04-18T05:00:00 Korean Ceramics. The Asia Society Museum, New York, NY (organizer) (April 18-June 2, 1968). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: The inlaid image that adorns the shoulder of this vase is ginseng leaves, famous medicinal herbs. digital description: As early as the seventh century, the practice of drinking tea and wine became an important part of elite culture in Korea. Once used to store alcoholic beverages, this type of vase features a wide body followed by a sharply rounded shoulder, a short neck, and a small opening. Most of the remaining examples no longer have a lid, but originally it may have had a lid that not only covered the opening, but also served as a cup. Against a brownish-sepia underglaze surface, three ginseng leaves with roots are inlaid with white slip, striking a modern, minimalistic style. wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Lee, Sherman E. Tea Taste in Japanese Art. New York, NY: The Asia House Gallery, dist. by H. Abrams, 1963. page number: Mentioned: cat. no. 36, p. 101; Reproduced: cat. no. 36, p. 59 url: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. page number: Reproduced: p. 364 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n384 Cleveland Museum of Art, and Jenifer Neils. The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982. page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 135-136, no. 138 url: Goryeo Dynasty: Korea's Age of Enlightenment, 918-1392. San Francisco: Asian Art Museum, 2003. page number: url: Yi, Jong-min. "A Study on the Celadons Maebyeong of Goryeo Dynasty [고려시대청자매병연구]." Kangjwa misulsa (2006): 157-190. page number: url: https://www.dbpia.co.kr/journal/articleDetail?nodeId=NODE09054887 Goryeo: The Glory of Korea [대고려, 그 찬란한 도전]. Seoul: National Museum of Korea, 2018. page number: url: Ch'a, Mi-rae, Kwi-suk An, Cleveland Museum of Art, and 국외소재문화재재단. The Korean Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Edited by An Min-hŭi. First edition, English ed. Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Series, 16. Seoul, Republic of Korea: Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Foundation, 2021. page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 80 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1961.270/1961.270_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1961.270/1961.270_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1961.270/1961.270_full.tif