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Jar with Four Auspicious Characters in Relief
1800s
(1392–1910)
Outer diameter: 22.1 cm (8 11/16 in.); height: 19.4 cm (7 5/8 in.)
Location: not on view
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This type of jar with auspicious characters was often used as a birthday or wedding gift.Description
This white porcelain vase is decorated with the four characters meaning good fortune, each enclosed in a floral medallion: longevity 壽, happiness 福, health 康, and peace 寧. Conveying the gift-giver’s blessings, this type of jar was often used as a birthday or wedding gift.- ?-1981(Kochukyo Co., Inc., Tokyo, Japan, ?-1981, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)1981-The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 1981-present
- Cleveland Museum of Art, and Jenifer Neils. The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982. Mentioned and reproduced: Pp. 139, no. 143Bang, Byung-sun. "The Technology of Porcelain Manufacturing in the late Chosŏn Dynasty [朝鮮 後期 白磁의 製作技術 硏究]." Misul sahak yeongu (1997): 67–104. www.dbpia.co.krKang, Kyeong-sook. History of Korean Ceramics [韓國陶磁史]. Seoul: Yekyong, 2012.Korean Art from the United States [미국, 한국미술을 만나다]. Seoul: National Museum of Korea, 2012. Reproduced: ex. cat. no. 73, p. 169Treasures from Korea: Arts and Culture of the Joseon Dynasty, 1392-1910. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2014.Ch'a, Mi-rae, Kwi-suk An, Cleveland Museum of Art, and 국외소재문화재재단. The Korean Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Edited by An Min-hŭi. First edition, English ed. Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Series, 16. Seoul, Republic of Korea: Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Foundation, 2021. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 90
- Ink, Paper, and Brush - Korean Gallery 236 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (July 24, 2019-January 26, 2020).Korean Art from the United States. National Museum of Korea, Seoul, Korea (Republic of) (organizer) (June 4-August 5, 2012).Scholar's Studio. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 19-December 17, 1989).The Year in Review for 1981. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 17-March 21, 1982).
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