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Source Description
This embroidered folding screen depicts a set of bronze vessels. While the subject of bronze vessels is part of mainstream male elite culture, which centered on ancestral rituals, the written text that accompanies each bronze vessel expresses the idea of evoking good fortune and wishing for many children. The is perhaps related to the idea that those who diligently perform rituals for the spirit of ancestors could have all their aspirations realized.
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331582
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Ancient Chinese Bronzes
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331582
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Ancient Chinese Bronzes
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This embroidered folding screen depicts a set of bronze vessels. While the subject of bronze vessels is part of mainstream male elite culture, which centered on ancestral rituals, the written text that accompanies each bronze vessel expresses the idea of evoking good fortune and wishing for many children. The is perhaps related to the idea that those who diligently perform rituals for the spirit of ancestors could have all their aspirations realized.
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late 1800s
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en
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Q117237383
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Textile
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Each panel: 147.3 x 34.5 cm (58 x 13 9/16 in.); Overall framed: 224.9 x 493.2 cm (88 9/16 x 194 3/16 in.)
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Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910)
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2020.86
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Ten-panel folding screen; embroidery, gold silk threads on black silk
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Ancient Chinese Bronzes (준이종정도), late 1800s. Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910). Ten-panel folding screen; embroidery, gold silk threads on black silk; each panel: 147.3 x 34.5 cm (58 x 13 9/16 in.); overall framed: 224.9 x 493.2 cm (88 9/16 x 194 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Honorable Joseph P. Carroll, KM, and Roberta Carroll, M.D., in recognition of the contribution of Marjorie Williams to the development of The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2020.86
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준이종정도
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ASIAN - Folding screen
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5.2019
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The written text that accompanies each bronze vessel depicted in this embroidered screen expresses the idea of evoking good fortune and wishing for many children.
citations
citation
Kim, Yeong-suk. "Junijongjeongdo jasubyeongpung gochal: osaka sagai siripbangmulgwan sojang 준이종정도(尊彛鐘鼎圖) 자수병풍 고찰: 오사카 사가이 시립박물관 소장." National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage, <em>Munhwajae </em>13 (1998): 221-254.
citation
<em>Beyond Folding Screens</em> [조선, 병풍의 나라]. Seoul: Amorepacific Museum of Art, 2018.
citation
Ch'a, Mi-rae, Kwi-suk An, Cleveland Museum of Art, and 국외소재문화재재단. <em>The Korean Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. 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.
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Mentioned and reproduced: p. 350-351, no. 004
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Gift of the Honorable Joseph P. Carroll, KM, and Roberta Carroll, M.D., in recognition of the contribution of Marjorie Williams to the development of The Cleveland Museum of Art
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2026-06-17 11:19:45.187000
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331582
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Korean Art
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ASIAN - Folding screen
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Ten-panel folding screen; embroidery, gold silk threads on black silk
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