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Wine Flask with Plum and Bamboo Design

Wine Flask with Plum and Bamboo Design

1600s
(1392–1910)
glazed porcelain with underglazed iron design
Overall: 21.9 x 19 x 8.4 cm (8 5/8 x 7 1/2 x 3 5/16 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 1999.44
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

This Korean wine flask embodies Lin Bu’s poetic line "Plums’ subtle scent pervades the moonlit dusk": its circular shape alludes to the full moon, and the gray color unintentionally spread on the flask’s lower part suggests the permeating scent of plum. The other side of the flask features a bamboo design. The plum and bamboo derive from the motif of the Four Gentlemen, which compares four plants to Confucian scholarjunzi, or "gentlemen."
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    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. 85
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1999.44