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    "localId": "103681",
    "label": "Water Ewer for Rituals (Kundika) with Incised Parrot Design",
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    "id": "103681",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Water Ewer for Rituals (Kundika) with Incised Parrot Design",
    "description": "This distinctively shaped celadon vessel is a <em>kundika. </em>With a spout on one side, this type of vessel is often used in Buddhist purification rituals. Unlike most existing examples that have an image of a willow tree, this work has a rare flying phoenix design incised on its surface. During the Goryeo period (918-1392), about 260 kilns operated in mainly Jeolla and Chungcheong provinces, meeting a soaring demand for high-end products like this example.",
    "date": "1100s",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1921.631",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q60740685"
    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ceramic"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1921.631/1921.631_web.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1921.631/1921.631_web.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1921.631/1921.631_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 35.3 cm (13 7/8 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)"
    ],
    "accession": "1921.631"
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    "tec": "stoneware with celadon glaze, incised and carved decoration",
    "tombstone": "Water Ewer for Rituals (Kundika) with Incised Parrot Design (청자 음각 앵무새무늬 정병 [靑磁陰刻鸚鵡文淨甁]), 1100s. Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392). Stoneware with celadon glaze, incised and carved decoration; overall: 35.3 cm (13 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John L. Severance, 1921.631",
    "titleInOriginalLanguage": "청자 음각 앵무새무늬 정병 [靑磁陰刻鸚鵡文淨甁]",
    "collection": "Korean Art",
    "didYouKnow": "Unlike most existing examples that have an image of a willow tree or lotus pond, this ewer bears an image of flying parrots delicately incised on its surface.",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "Other types of Goryeo-period <em>kundika</em> can be found in the collection of the National Museum of Asian Art (Washington DC).",
            "url": "https://asia.si.edu/object/F1909.44a-b/"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Cleveland Museum of Art, and Jenifer Neils. <em>The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned and reproduced: P. 134-135, no. 137"
        },
        {
            "citation": "<em>Goryeo Dynasty: Korea's Age of Enlightenment, 918-1392</em>. San Francisco: Asian Art Museum, 2003."
        },
        {
            "citation": "Sŏn, Sŭng-hye. <em>The Lure of Painted Poetry: Japanese and Korean Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2011.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned and Reproduced: P. 71-72, no. 65"
        },
        {
            "citation": "<em>Korean art from the United States</em> [미국, 한국미술을 만나다]. Seoul: National Museum of Korea, 2012.",
            "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 18, no. 3"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Ku, Ir-hoe 구 일회 and Kang Kyŏng-nam 강 경남. <em>Chʹŏnha cheil pisaek chʹŏngja</em> [천하제일비색청자= The best under heaven the celadons of Korea]. Seoul: National Museum of Korea, 2012."
        },
        {
            "citation": "Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned and reproduced: P. 249"
        },
        {
            "citation": "<em>Goryeo: The Glory of Korea </em>[대고려, 그 찬란한 도전]. Seoul: National Museum of Korea, 2018."
        },
        {
            "citation": "<em>Sparkles of Jade: Goryeo Celadon</em> [高麗青磁 : ヒスイのきらめき]. Ōsaka: Ōsaka: Shiritsu Tōyō Tōji Bijutsukan, 2018."
        },
        {
            "citation": "McCormick, Sooa Im. \"The Past and Present of the Korean Collection in the Cleveland Museum of Art.\" In <em>The Korean Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Ch'a, Mi-rae, Kwi-suk An, Cleveland Museum of Art, 국외소재문화재재단, and An Min-hŭi, ed., 22-37. First edition, English ed. Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Series, 16. Seoul, Republic of Korea: Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Foundation, 2021.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned and reproduced: P. 33, fig. 31, P. 54-55"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1921.631",
    "creditline": "Gift of John L. Severance",
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    "updatedAt": "2026-06-18 21:16:05.673000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1921.631/1921.631_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 103681,
    "dept": "Korean Art",
    "coll": "Korean Art",
    "med": "stoneware with celadon glaze, incised and carved decoration",
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "image_url": null
}

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