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Bottle with Chrysanthemum Design
The collection record classifies this work as ceramic. It is dated 1200s-1300s. Recorded culture or place: Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392).
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- Museum title
- Bottle with Chrysanthemum Design
- Date
- 1200s-1300s
- Culture / origin
- Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)
- Materials and technique
- 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.)
- Artist / maker
- Not specified by the museum
- Museum
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Accession number
- 1918.454
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The following description is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art’s original English record.
This rare long-neck celadon wine bottle is inlaid with white wild chrysanthemums, symbols of both the poem "Drinking Wine" and blessings of longevity. One root has three stems with tiny white blossoms. The damaged lip was repaired with gold lacquer.
Korean Celadons Repaired with Gold
Termed kintsugi (literally meaning “gold joinery”) in Japanese, this method of repair highlights broken parts with glittering gold mixed with lacquer. Initiated in 15th-century Japan, the technique follows a popular aesthetic concept called wabi-sabi, which finds beauty in imperfect things and continued to be practiced throughout the modern period in East Asia. Goryeo celadons were considered extremely rare treasures among modern collectors; thus, the broken condition of these examples is brilliantly highlighted in gold lacquer on the repaired spouts, handle, and lid.
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The Cleveland Museum of Art · Gift of John L. Severance · CC0
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