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May 1, 2012

Jar

백자호 (白磁壺)

1700s

Korea, Joseon dynasty

(1392-1910)

Glazed porcelain

Overall: 34.3 cm (13 1/2 in.); Outer diameter: 31.6 cm (12 7/16 in.)

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1983.28

Location

not on view

Did you know?

Known as a “moon” jar, this vessel is named for its circular form and color.

Description

This white jar reflects values of frugality and pragmatism, political ideals encouraged by the ruling house’s government. The absence of underglaze cobalt blue decoration could be the artist’s response to the socioeconomic crisis caused by famines in the late 1600s. The Korean ruling house then enforced strict laws banning luxuries, including cobalt blue, to preserve state finances. Such challenges did not stop the artist from experimenting with a new aesthetics. The concept of minimalism, often phrased as “less is more,” is powerfully exercised in this jar.

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Provenance

?-1983

(Osborne I. Hauge [1913-2004] and Victor L. Hauge [1919-2013], Falls Church, VA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)

1983-

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Citations

White Porcelain Jars: Embracing the Joseon ideals and Rituals [백자 항아리: 조선의 인과 예를 담다]. Seoul: National Museum of Korea, 2010.

Kang, Kyeong-sook. History of Korean Ceramics [韓國陶磁史]. Seoul: Yekyong, 2012.

Treasures from Korea: Arts and Culture of the Joseon Dynasty, 1392-1910. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2014.

Kim, Kyu-rim. "The Characteristics of White Round Jar in the 17th-18th Centuries of the Joseon Dynasty [조선 17~18세기 백자원호(白磁圓壺)의 조형과 성격]." Hanguk munhwa yeongu (2019): 153-180. www.dbpia.co.kr

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. 87

"Stories from Storage." The Asian Art Newspaper: Monthly for Collectors, Dealers, Museums and Galleries 24, no. 5: 6-7. Mentioned and reproduced: pp. 6-7

McCormick, Sooa Im. “Playbook for Solitude.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 61, no. 1 (Winter 2021): 12. Reproduced and Mentioned: P. 12.

McCormick, Sooa Im. "The Politics of Frugality: Environmental Crisis and Artistic Production in Eighteenth-Century Korea." In Forces of Nature: New Perspectives on Korean Environments, pp. 65–75. David Fedman, Eleana Jean Kim, and Albert L. Park, eds. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2023. Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 68, fig. 3.2

Exhibition history

The Year in Review for 1983. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 22-April 8, 1984).

Byobu: The Art of the Japanese Screen. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (August 1-October 14, 1984).

Asian Autumn: Later Korean Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 22, 1992-January 3, 1993).

Korean Gallery 236 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (January 13-July 10, 2017).

Conversation about Diversity in Korean Embroidery Arts- Korean Gallery 236 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 27-October 27, 2020).

Stories From Storage. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 7-May 16, 2021).

Old and New in Korean Art (Korean art rotation). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 28, 2022-April 23, 2023).

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