CMA: Korean Art

Sharing public domain works from the Korean Art department of the Cleveland Museum of Art

[aic-asian]

Face Powder, from the series “New Twelve Images of Modern Beauties”, Ito Shinsui, 1919, Art Institute of Chicago: Asian Art

Clarence Buckingham Collection Size: 43.2 × 26.0 cm Medium: Color woodblock print

https://www.artic.edu/artworks/3282/

[cma-korean-art]

Long-necked Bottle with Incised Floral Design, 918-1392, Cleveland Museum of Art: Korean Art

Size: Overall: 32.2 cm (12 11/16 in.); Outer diameter: 18.4 cm (7 1/4 in.) Medium: celadon ware with incised and carved decoration

https://clevelandart.org/art/1921.622

[mia-japanese-korean]

Drooping Bamboo Light, Nagakura Ken'ichi, 2004, Minneapolis Institute of Art: Japanese and Korean Art

small, cone-shaped basket with pointed bottom nestled within thin, curving twigs; twigs sweep elegantly upward at top; black lacquered bamboo cylinder for inside Size: 26 ¾ × 14 ¼ × 8 7/8 in. (67.95 × 36.2 × 22.54 cm) Medium: Bamboo (madake), lacquer

https://collections.artsmia.org/art/118328/

[slam-islamic]

Candlestick, Persian, first half 14th century, Saint Louis Art Museum: Islamic Art

https://www.slam.org/collection/objects/32418/

[cma-korean-art]

Gourd-Shaped Bottle, 918-1392, Cleveland Museum of Art: Korean Art

Size: Outer diameter: 12 cm (4 3/4 in.); Overall: 33.5 cm (13 3/16 in.) Medium: bronze

https://clevelandart.org/art/1992.113

[cma-korean-art]

Floral-shaped Cup Stand, 918-1392, Cleveland Museum of Art: Korean Art

Size: Diameter: 15.8 cm (6 1/4 in.); Overall: 4.9 cm (1 15/16 in.) Medium: pottery

https://clevelandart.org/art/1921.617

[cma-korean-art]

Vase in the Form of a Melon, 1100s, Cleveland Museum of Art: Korean Art

Size: Overall: 25.2 cm (9 15/16 in.) Medium: celadon

https://clevelandart.org/art/1944.164

[harvard-art-museums-calligraphy]

Fragment of a Buddhist Sutra, 11th Century, Harvard Art Museums: Calligraphy

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Philip Hofer Medium: Ink on paper

https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/94039

[cma-korean-art]

Epitaph Plaques for Yi Gi-ha, 1718, Cleveland Museum of Art: Korean Art

Size: Overall: 18.2 x 12.6 cm (7 3/16 x 4 15/16 in.) Medium: porcelain with underglaze blue

https://clevelandart.org/art/1998.291.12

[cma-african-art]

Male Figure, late 1800s-early 1900s, Cleveland Museum of Art: African Art

This figure was used in an ancestral cult dedicated to the founders of small political groupings. Such figures were usually kept in the same shrine with a number of stylistically related male and female carvings that represented ancestors. At times of crisis, the custodian of the shrine spent the night in close proximity to the images, bringing offerings to the ancestors in exchange for their support. Size: Overall: 48.6 x 15.6 x 17.2 cm (19 1/8 x 6 1/8 x 6 ¾ in.) Medium: wood, cloth

https://clevelandart.org/art/1969.10

[cma-korean-art]

Spoon with Fish-Tail Design, 918-1392, Cleveland Museum of Art: Korean Art

Size: Overall: 29.2 cm (11 1/2 in.) Medium: silver bronze

https://clevelandart.org/art/1924.134

[cma-korean-art]

Seal, 918-1392, Cleveland Museum of Art: Korean Art

Size: Diameter: 2.8 cm (1 1/8 in.); Overall: 2.4 cm (15/16 in.) Medium: bronze

https://clevelandart.org/art/1917.1043

[cma-korean-art]

Belt Ornament, 1100s, Cleveland Museum of Art: Korean Art

Size: Overall: 4 x 4.6 x 0.7 cm (1 9/16 x 1 13/16 x 1/4 in.) Medium: gilt bronze with repoussé relief

https://clevelandart.org/art/1917.1053.1

[cma-korean-art]

Spoon with Fish-Tail Design, 918-1392, Cleveland Museum of Art: Korean Art

Size: Overall: 24.8 cm (9 3/4 in.) Medium: bronze

https://clevelandart.org/art/1918.509

[cma-korean-art]

Comma-shaped Jade, 400s, Cleveland Museum of Art: Korean Art

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. Size: Overall: 8 x 4.9 x 3.1 cm (3 1/8 x 1 15/16 x 1 1/4 in.) Medium: jade

https://clevelandart.org/art/1917.1057

[cma-korean-art]

Seal, 1100s, Cleveland Museum of Art: Korean Art

Size: Overall: 1.4 cm (9/16 in.); Base: 1.5 x 1.5 cm (9/16 x 9/16 in.) Medium: bronze

https://clevelandart.org/art/1917.1038

[harvard-art-museums-calligraphy]

Bamboo River (Takekawa), Calligraphic Excerpt from Chapter 44 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari), Konoe Hisamichi, Muromachi period, datable to 1509-1510, Harvard Art Museums: Calligraphy

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of the Hofer Collection of the Arts of Asia Size: H. 24.1 cm x W. 18.4 cm (9 ½ x 7 ¼ in.) Medium: The forty-fourth of a series of 54 kotobagaki (calligraphic album leaves) mounted in an album with illustrations; ink and color on paper

https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/199966