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Vase with Bird and Flower Design

late 1800s–early 1900s

The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States

This vase with broad shoulders and a tall neck represents a typical style of 19th-century blue-and-white porcelain. Unlike earlier examples decorated mainly with literati themes that evoke neo-Confucian moral values—plum blossoms (purity), orchids (grace), bamboo (integrity), and chrysanthemums (loftiness)—porcelain works of the 1800s feature fully bloomed peonies and a pair of playful birds, symbols of wealth and familial harmony.

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  • Title: Vase with Bird and Flower Design
  • Date Created: late 1800s–early 1900s
  • Physical Dimensions: Outer diameter: 34.3 cm (13 1/2 in.); Overall: 49.4 cm (19 7/16 in.)
  • Provenance: (Tregoning Fine Art, Cleveland, OH, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art), The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Type: Ceramic
  • Rights: CC0
  • External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1989.117
  • Medium: porcelain with underglaze blue
  • Original Title: 백자 청화 화조문 호 (白磁靑畵花鳥文壺)
  • Fun Fact: Nineteenth-century Korean blue-and-white porcelains tend to feature broad shoulders and a tall neck.
  • Department: Korean Art
  • Culture: Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392-1910)
  • Credit Line: Gift of Yamanaka Shoji in memory of Jiro Yamanaka
  • Collection: Korean Art
  • Accession Number: 1989.117

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