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CMA: Korean Art
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Sharing public domain works from the Korean Art department of the Cleveland Museum of Art.
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Storage Jar with Loop Handles https://clevelandart.org/art/1989.475
Storage Jar with Loop Handles
December 5, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Dog-shaped Paperweight https://clevelandart.org/art/1987.160
Dog-shaped Paperweight
December 5, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Seated Manjusri https://clevelandart.org/art/1919.1020
Seated Manjusri
December 5, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Crackle-glazed Bowl https://clevelandart.org/art/1921.626
Crackle-glazed Bowl
December 5, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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Snowscape with Figures https://clevelandart.org/art/1987.187
This scroll is a rare surviving example of early Joseon-period painting. The names of the painter, Kim Si, the patron, the date, and title of the painting are all inscribed. Kim Si was a member of the literati-high ranking or aristocratic men who eschewed court life to focus on literary and artistic pursuits. This decision was often made in response to the strife of politics at court, and Kim Si was no exception. His father, Kim Anro (1481-1537), was at one time the highest ranking court official in Korea, but was executed after years of political struggles. Kim Si pulled away from the court and spent his life doing calligraphy, painting, and reading. This image of a solitary scholar in his studio surrounded by trees and snow-covered mountains is reflective of the literati desire for a life devoted to art and poetry. In the painting, a scholar watches a visitor approaching by boat, while travelers depart from his studio on foot by the back gate.
December 5, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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Ornament https://clevelandart.org/art/1917.1044.1
Ornament
December 4, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Cho Hyun-myeong from Punhyang Cho Family https://clevelandart.org/art/1999.15.1
These two portraits are of members of the Cho family, which originated from the area of Punhyang. Cho Jae-ho (1702-1762) on the left is the cousin of Cho Hyun-myeong on the right. Both were High State Councilors, called yeong-uijeong, and the Cho family ordered these two portraits as a family honor. Korean portraits were copied for sharing at each family Confucian ritual; similar portraits are still in the collection of the Cho family in Korea.
December 4, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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Chopstick https://clevelandart.org/art/1918.518.1
Chopstick
December 4, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Water Ewer for Rituals (Kundika) https://clevelandart.org/art/1992.141
Water Ewer for Rituals (Kundika)
December 4, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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Ornament with Carp and Lotus Design https://clevelandart.org/art/1917.1040
Ornament with Carp and Lotus Design
December 3, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Poem on Plum https://clevelandart.org/art/1992.138
For Yi Hwang, a celebrated scholar and poet in 16th-century Korea, writing poems was an escape from partisan politics. Because its flowers often bloom in the middle of winter, Joseon period Korean scholars like Yi found plum blossoms a perfect subject to express the value of endurance and self-cultivation. In his numerous poems, Yi used plum blossom imagery to express his feelings. The poem on this hanging scroll reads: “Wishing to fly away, red leaves left the mountain villa. Their large sleeves are frosted due to blue clouds. The clouds in the sky look upright, which are beyond human beings’ ability. The plum tree whispered to me that [the leaves] fell from the wind and landed on the fence.” The mountain villa in this poem may refer to the Dosan Academy, a Confucian school that Yi established after his retirement, and the red leaves of the plum blossom are probably Yi’s poetic personification.
December 3, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Chopstick https://clevelandart.org/art/1918.520.1
Chopstick
December 3, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Floral-shaped Cup with Incised Chrysanthemum Design https://clevelandart.org/art/1918.427
Floral-shaped Cup with Incised Chrysanthemum Design
December 3, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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Floral-shaped Cup and Saucer with Inlaid Chrysanthemum Design https://clevelandart.org/art/1928.171
This celadon wine cup is inlaid with a chrysanthemum pattern that reflects Koreans’ enjoyment of both the poem "Drinking Wine" and the blessings of longevity associated with the Double Nine Festival. The flower design on the saucer is less delicate than the cup, as the cup and saucer were originally from different sets; they were later paired together after each lost its mate.
December 2, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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Glass Beads with Pendant https://clevelandart.org/art/1917.1062
Glass Beads with Pendant
December 2, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Spoon with Fish-Tail Design https://clevelandart.org/art/1918.511
Spoon with Fish-Tail Design
December 2, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Floral-shaped Cup Stand with Inlaid Chrysanthemum Design https://clevelandart.org/art/1970.503
Floral-shaped Cup Stand with Inlaid Chrysanthemum Design
December 2, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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Tea Bowl https://clevelandart.org/art/1996.4
Tea Bowl
December 1, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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Spoon with Fish-Tail Design https://clevelandart.org/art/1918.510
Spoon with Fish-Tail Design
December 1, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Epitaph Plaques for Yi Gi-ha https://clevelandart.org/art/1998.291.12
Epitaph Plaques for Yi Gi-ha
December 1, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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Saucer https://clevelandart.org/art/1918.455.b
Saucer
December 1, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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Floral-shaped Cup https://clevelandart.org/art/1921.616
Floral-shaped Cup
December 1, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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Birds and Flowers https://clevelandart.org/art/1991.80
Birds and Flowers
November 30, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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Bowl with Fish and Waves in Relief https://clevelandart.org/art/1921.642
Bowl with Fish and Waves in Relief
November 30, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Bamboo in Moonlight https://clevelandart.org/art/1987.186
This painting depicts the full moon shining through a stand of bamboo, and for Joseon literati it would have conveyed the sense of life in harmony with nature to which they aspired. Bamboo is a potent symbol across Asia, and for Confucian societies is thought of as one of the "four gentlemen" along with plum trees, orchids, and chrysanthemums. Each of these plants encompasses an important and desired Confucian trait, and all are often depicted in Korean painting. Bamboo has immense flexibility and is able to bend to extremes without breaking—a much desired attribute for a Confucian scholar. Here, the painter has romanticized the more typical image of bamboo by adding the rising moon.
November 30, 2025 at 2:43 PM