id: 139732
accession number: 1963.505
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Jar with Scroll Design, 1400s. Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392-1910). Buncheong ware with incised, stamped, and slip-inlaid decoration; height: 37.6 cm (14 13/16 in.); outer diameter: 27 cm (10 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1963.505
title: Jar with Scroll Design
title in original language: 분청사기 상감 당초무늬 호 (粉靑沙器象嵌唐草文壺)
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creation date: 1400s
creation date earliest: 1400
creation date latest: 1499
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creditline: John L. Severance Fund
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culture: Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392-1910)
technique: Buncheong ware with incised, stamped, and slip-inlaid decoration
department: Korean Art
collection: Korean Art
type: Ceramic
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measurements: height: 37.6 cm (14 13/16 in.); Outer diameter: 27 cm (10 5/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Year in Review (1963)
opening date: 1963-11-26T05:00:00
Year in Review (1963). The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (November 26, 1963-January 5, 1964).
title: Streams and Mountains Without End: Asian Art and the Legacy of Sherman E. Lee at the Cleveland Museum of Art
opening date: 2009-06-27T04:00:00
Streams and Mountains Without End: Asian Art and the Legacy of Sherman E. Lee at the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 27-August 23, 2009).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
(N. V. Hammer, Inc., New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: ?–1963
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1963–
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fun fact:
The tiny ear-like handles located around the jar's shoulder allowing string to pass through were used to keep the lid (now missing) tightly closed.
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This vessel was used for burying a placenta, a custom practiced by aristocratic families in Korea in the belief that it would bring happiness to the child. This jar was placed inside another wide-mouthed jar then buried inside an outer stone box. This rare jar has a bluish-green tone commonly seen in Buncheong ware. Pots were coated with a white slip, and then decorative designs were added using a combination of inlaid and stamped techniques. This style emerged in the 1400s, and then disappeared after the 1500s due to the popularity of white porcelains.
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Lee, So-young, and Seung-chang Jeon. Korean Buncheong Ceramics from the Leeum Samsung Museum of Art. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2011.
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Treasures from Korea: Arts and Culture of the Joseon Dynasty, 1392-1910. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2014.
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Park, Kyung-ja and Park Hyeong-soon. “Evolution of the Buncheong Wares in the Early Joseon Period as the White Porcelain Takes over the Taxation Supply [조선 전기 공납용 백자제작에 따른 분청사기 양식변화].” Misul sahak (2010): 291-321.
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url: http://www.dbpia.co.kr/journal/articleDetail?nodeId=NODE01524105
Buncheong Ware [분청사기]. Seoul: Ehwa Woman’s Universtiry Museum, 2019.
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page number: Reproduced: p. 365
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n385
Cleveland Museum of Art, and Michael R. Cunningham. Masterworks of Asian Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art; New York: Thames and Hudson, 1998.
page number: Reproduced: p. 243
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