Bottle with Chrysanthemum Design
1200s-1300s
Maker Unknown
Korean Art
Bottle with Chrysanthemum Design, 1200s-1300s. Korea, Goryeo period (918-1392). Celadon ware with inlaid white and black slip decoration; diameter: 14.7 cm (5 13/16 in.); overall: 40.4 cm (15 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John L. Severance 1918.454 Termed kintsugi (literally meaning “gold joinery”) in Japanese, this method of repairing broken parts with glittering gold mixed with lacquer was extensively used for ceramic works in the Goryeo period, such as this one.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Ceramic
- Formatted Medium
- Celadon ware with inlaid white and black slip decoration
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 14.7 cm (5 13/16 in.); Overall: 40.4 cm (15 7/8 in.)
- Departments
- Korean Art
- Accession Number
- 1918.454
- Credit Line
- Gift of John L. Severance
- Exhibitions
- Conserving the Past for the Future, The Lure of Painted Poetry: Cross-cultural Text and Image in Korean and Japanese Art
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 236 Korean
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