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Cup and stand with inlaid chrysanthemum design

Photo: National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage, Republic of Korea

Cup and stand with inlaid chrysanthemum design

late 12th to early 13th Century

Inlaid Goryeo celadon best represents the originality of Korean ceramics. The outer surface of this cup and stand are inlaid with designs of black and white chrysanthemums, whose delicate blossoms accent the object’s ten-petaled, rounded lotus shape.
Stoneware with celadon glaze and inlaid decoration
Height: 4 7/16 in. (11.3cm)
Gift of Ann Rowland Eddy
99.22
Photo: National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage, Republic of Korea
location
Now on view at the Asian Art Museum

Resources

Exhibition HistoryTokyo, Japan, Suntory Museum of Art, Luminous Jewels: Masterpieces of Asian Art From the Seattle Art Museum, July 25 - Sept. 6, 2009 (Kobe, Japan, Kobe City Museum, Sept. 19 - Dec. 6, 2009; Kofu, Japan, Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art, Dec. 23, 2009 - Feb. 28, 2010; Atami, Japan, MOA Museum of Art, Mar. 13 - May 9, 2010; Fukuoka, Japan, Fukuoka Art Museum, May 23 - July 19, 2010).

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Luminous: The Art of Asia, Oct. 13, 2011 - Jan. 8, 2012.

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Boundless: Stories of Asian Art, Feb. 8, 2020 - ongoing.
Published ReferencesKawai, Masatomo, Yasuhiro Nishioka, Yukiko Sirahara, editors, "Luminous Jewels: Masterpieces of Asian Art From the Seattle Art Museum", 2009, The Yomiuri Shimbun, catalogue number 91

"Korean Art Collection in the Seattle Art Museum, U.S.A." Tajaon Kwangyaoksi: Kungnip Munhwaja Yaonguso, 2015, pg. 71.

Foong, Ping, Xiaojin Wu, and Darielle Mason. "An Asian Art Museum Transformed." Orientations vol. 51, no. 3 (May/June 2020): p. 61, reproduced fig. 22 (installation view).

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