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CMA: Korean Art
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Sharing public domain works from the Korean Art department of the Cleveland Museum of Art.
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Ornament with Carp and Lotus Design https://clevelandart.org/art/1917.1040
Ornament with Carp and Lotus Design
November 14, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Nail Cover https://clevelandart.org/art/1917.1051.3
Nail Cover
November 14, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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Belt Ornament https://clevelandart.org/art/1917.1053.1
Belt Ornament
November 14, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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Bowl with Floral Scroll Design in Relief https://clevelandart.org/art/1918.483
Bowl with Floral Scroll Design in Relief
November 14, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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Spoon with Fish-Tail Design https://clevelandart.org/art/1921.665
Spoon with Fish-Tail Design
November 14, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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Bamboo in Moonlight https://clevelandart.org/art/1987.186
This painting depicts the full moon shining through a stand of bamboo, and for Joseon literati it would have conveyed the sense of life in harmony with nature to which they aspired. Bamboo is a potent symbol across Asia, and for Confucian societies is thought of as one of the "four gentlemen" along with plum trees, orchids, and chrysanthemums. Each of these plants encompasses an important and desired Confucian trait, and all are often depicted in Korean painting. Bamboo has immense flexibility and is able to bend to extremes without breaking—a much desired attribute for a Confucian scholar. Here, the painter has romanticized the more typical image of bamboo by adding the rising moon.
November 13, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Avalokitesvara https://clevelandart.org/art/1992.119
Guanyin (Avalokitesvara in Sanskrit) represents a primary figure of benevolence and compassion in the Buddhist pantheon. Identified early in Buddhist texts as a close attendant to the Buddha, by the 700s Guanyin’s popularity soared to such an extent in China, Korea, and Japan that the bodhisattva was often worshipped independently. Here at the lower left, Guanyin is depicted with the child Sudhana, a wealthy boy who, according to the final chapter of the <em>Flower Garland Sutra</em>, visited Guanyin’s abode Potalaka during a long journey to learn the bodhisattva path.
November 13, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Spoon https://clevelandart.org/art/1917.344
Spoon
November 13, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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Spoon with Fish-Tail Design https://clevelandart.org/art/1918.502
Spoon with Fish-Tail Design
November 13, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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Amitabha Triad https://clevelandart.org/art/1918.501
This rare bronze triad from the 1400s shows Amitabha (아미타불 in Korean), or the Buddha of the Western Paradise, seated on a lotus pedestal at the center. He is flanked by two sacred attendants, Ksitigarbha (지장보살 in Korean) on his left and Avalokitesvara (관음보살 in Korean) on his right. The combination of these three Buddhist deities was particularly popular in the early Joseon period. The small scale suggests that this triad might have been displayed in a personal shrine rather than a large worship hall.
November 13, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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Jar https://clevelandart.org/art/1970.561
Jar
November 12, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Chopstick https://clevelandart.org/art/1917.1032.1
Chopstick
November 12, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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Mirror https://clevelandart.org/art/1917.680
Mirror
November 12, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Jar with Bird and Flower Decoration https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.19
Jar with Bird and Flower Decoration
November 12, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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Landscape of the Four Seasons https://clevelandart.org/art/1976.92
Yi Sumun is a Korean painter who moved to Japan in 1424 at the age of 20. Yi’s style likely represents the Yuanti school of royal court painting during the early Ming period. This pair of screens is the artist’s most important composition in this format and is smaller in scale than the average Japanese screen (<em>byobu</em>). Viewed from right to left, the screens show the passage of the four seasons, a popular theme in medieval Japanese ink painting.
November 12, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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A Pair of Chopsticks https://clevelandart.org/art/1918.520
A Pair of Chopsticks
November 11, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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Spoon with Fish-Tail Design https://clevelandart.org/art/1917.351
Spoon with Fish-Tail Design
November 11, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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A Pair of Chopsticks https://clevelandart.org/art/1917.1032
A Pair of Chopsticks
November 11, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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Chopstick https://clevelandart.org/art/1917.322
Chopstick
November 11, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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Spoon with Fish-Tail Design https://clevelandart.org/art/1918.511
Spoon with Fish-Tail Design
November 11, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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Melon-shaped Ewer with Incised Peony Design https://clevelandart.org/art/1921.618
Melon-shaped Ewer with Incised Peony Design
November 10, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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Comma-shaped Jade https://clevelandart.org/art/1917.1056
Comma-shaped Jade
November 10, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Bowl with Incised Parrot Design https://clevelandart.org/art/1924.136
Bowl with Incised Parrot Design
November 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Mirror https://clevelandart.org/art/1921.658
Mirror
November 10, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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Spoon with Dual Heads https://clevelandart.org/art/1917.335
This bronze spoon has dual heads: one is large, and the other small. The smaller head is believed to have been used to hold a small dose of liquid medicine.
November 10, 2025 at 9:30 AM