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Flask with Inlaid Lotus Design

Flask with Inlaid Lotus Design

1200s–1300s
Overall: 30.7 cm (12 1/16 in.); Outer diameter: 20.2 cm (7 15/16 in.)
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

The shape of this bottle can be traced all the way back to an ancient Persian pilgrim’s flask.

Description

Toward the late 14th century, the overall quality of techniques involved in making celadon works sharply deteriorated. In contrast to translucent greenish blue celadon works of the 12th century, this flask possibly dated to the late 14th century, has brownish green glaze. And its inlaid design also shows a clear sign of decline in craftsmanship. Nevertheless, less attention to techniques gave a way to a freer style pottery called buncheong in the succeeding centuries.
  • The FitzGerald collection, Boston, MA
    ?–1975
    Mrs. Lewis B. [Helen Electa Croxton] Williams [1879–1980], Cleveland Heights, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1975–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1975.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 63, no. 2, 1976, pp. 31–71. Mentioned: no. 186, pp. 33, 71; Reproduced: no. 186, p. 63 25152624
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 364 archive.org
    Goryeo Dynasty: Korea's Age of Enlightenment, 918-1392. San Francisco: Asian Art Museum, 2003.
    Lee, Young-hee. "The Study on Techniques and their Interrelations among Craft Arts of the Goryeo Dynasty [고려시대 공예기법 연구 상호관련성을 중심으로]." Misulsa hakbo 22 (2004): 133-170. www.dbpia.co.kr
    Kim, Yoon-jeong. "Influence of Yuan Dynasty Wares on the Inlaid Celadons of the Late Goryeo Period [高麗後期 象嵌靑磁에 보이는 元代 磁器의 영향]." Musul sahak yeongu (March 2006): 163-205. www.dbpia.co.kr
    Goryeo: The Glory of Korea [대고려, 그 찬란한 도전]. Seoul: National Museum of Korea, 2018.
    Sparkles of Jade: Goryeo Celadon [高麗青磁 : ヒスイのきらめき]. Ōsaka: Ōsaka: Shiritsu Tōyō Tōji Bijutsukan, 2018.
  • The FitzGerald Collection loan to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA (before 1900).
  • {{cite web|title=Flask with Inlaid Lotus Design|url=false|author=|year=1200s–1300s|access-date=28 March 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1975.99