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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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Water Ewer for Rituals (Kundika) https://clevelandart.org/art/1991.58
Water Ewer for Rituals (Kundika)
November 20, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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Short-necked Storage Jar https://clevelandart.org/art/1986.82
Undecorated pottery such as this earthenware jar was popular during the Bronze Age in Korea. The smooth, uncarved surface shows a shift in taste from the comb-patterns typical of the Neolithic period. Jars made of fine clay like this one were found in tombs, and were likely intended for ritual use.
November 20, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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Bowl with Lotus and Child Design in Relief https://clevelandart.org/art/1918.478
Bowl with Lotus and Child Design in Relief
November 20, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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Eight-faceted Bottle https://clevelandart.org/art/1969.58
Eight-faceted Bottle
November 20, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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Pair of Chopsticks https://clevelandart.org/art/1924.141
Pair of Chopsticks
November 19, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Chopstick https://clevelandart.org/art/1917.325
Chopstick
November 19, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Epitaph Plaques for Yi Gi-ha https://clevelandart.org/art/1998.291.1
Epitaphs chronicling the birthday, origins, and achievements of a deceased person were written on plaques of white porcelain and placed in the tomb of the deceased. The tablets varied in number, depending on the importance of the person. Epitaph plaques such as these were written in Han Chinese script. Although Korean script, or Hangul, had been invented by the time that these plaques were created, Korean script was then considered too common for important communications and Han Chinese script continued to be used for official and ritualistic documents. One edge of each tablet is numbered, and the opposite side notes that there are a total of 18 in this set. It is the epitaph of Yi Giha (Korean, 1646-1718) who was a military court official in the middle of Joseon period.
November 19, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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Bowl with Inlaid Chrysanthemum and Peony Design https://clevelandart.org/art/1921.685
Bowl with Inlaid Chrysanthemum and Peony Design
November 19, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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Ornament https://clevelandart.org/art/1917.1044.2
Ornament
November 19, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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Floral-shaped Cup Stand with Inlaid Chrysanthemum Design https://clevelandart.org/art/1970.503
Floral-shaped Cup Stand with Inlaid Chrysanthemum Design
November 18, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Jar with Loop Handle with Overall Impressed Surface Decoration (lid) https://clevelandart.org/art/1997.188.b
Jar with Loop Handle with Overall Impressed Surface Decoration (lid)
November 18, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Jar with Four Auspicious Characters in Relief https://clevelandart.org/art/1981.3
Jar with Four Auspicious Characters in Relief
November 18, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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Chopstick https://clevelandart.org/art/1918.529.2
Chopstick
November 18, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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Long-necked Bottle with Incised Floral Design https://clevelandart.org/art/1921.622
Long-necked Bottle with Incised Floral Design
November 18, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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Floral-shaped Cup with Incised Chrysanthemum Design https://clevelandart.org/art/1918.427
Floral-shaped Cup with Incised Chrysanthemum Design
November 17, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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Embroidered Fan for Wedding Ceremony https://clevelandart.org/art/1918.558
Embroidered Fan for Wedding Ceremony
November 17, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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Bowl with Chrysanthemum Design https://clevelandart.org/art/1986.243
Bowl with Chrysanthemum Design
November 17, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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Spoon with Fish-Tail Design https://clevelandart.org/art/1924.134
Spoon with Fish-Tail Design
November 17, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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Cup and Stand https://clevelandart.org/art/1918.433
Cup and Stand
November 17, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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Literary Gathering https://clevelandart.org/art/1997.147
In the early Joseon period, paintings of scholar-officials’ gatherings (<em>gyehoedo</em>) gained popularity among the Korean elite. This painting was commissioned by Sim Eongwang, an official of the Joseon court, to depict a <em>miwon gyehoedo</em>, a gathering of cabinet members (<em>saganwon</em>). This meeting is assumed to have been ordered around the time when Sim was the head of the saganwon in 1530. At the bottom of the painting, he added his poem to express a "literati respect for high spirituality," as stated in the first line. The poem was later recorded in his anthology titled <em>Eochonjip</em> (Book of Fisher Village).
November 16, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Ornament https://clevelandart.org/art/1917.1044.1
Ornament
November 16, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Chopstick https://clevelandart.org/art/1918.520.1
Chopstick
November 16, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Comma-shaped Jade https://clevelandart.org/art/1917.1060
Jade has historically been associated with power in Korea, and was used to make objects and decorations for the aristocracy. During the Old Shilla Period, comma-shaped jades such as these were the most essential decorative element of the gold crowns and ornaments used for the burials of kings, queens, and other aristocrats. After the state of Shilla united the Korean Peninsula in 668, the use of jade in prestigious mortuary objects declined, brought on by the arrival of Buddhism and the ebbing of shamanism.
November 16, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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Basin with Inscribed Figures and Calligraphy https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.112
Silver inlay became very popular during the Goryeo period. This example shows rare decorative motifs, including roundels containing four-line poems interspersed among images of a child holding a flower.
November 16, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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Bowl with Peony Design in Relief https://clevelandart.org/art/1921.690
Bowl with Peony Design in Relief
November 15, 2025 at 5:57 PM