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    "localId": "98773",
    "label": "Bottle with Chrysanthemum Design",
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    "id": "98773",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Bottle with Chrysanthemum Design",
    "description": "This rare long-neck celadon wine bottle is inlaid with white wild chrysanthemums, symbols of both the poem \"Drinking Wine\" and blessings of longevity. One root has three stems with tiny white blossoms. The damaged lip was repaired with gold lacquer.<br><br><br><strong>Korean Celadons Repaired with Gold<br></strong><br>Termed <em>kintsugi </em>(literally meaning “gold joinery”) in Japanese, this method of repair highlights broken parts with glittering gold mixed with lacquer. Initiated in 15th-century Japan, the technique follows a popular aesthetic concept called <em>wabi-sabi</em>, which finds beauty in imperfect things and continued to be practiced throughout the modern period in East Asia. Goryeo celadons were considered extremely rare treasures among modern collectors; thus, the broken condition of these examples is brilliantly highlighted in gold lacquer on the repaired spouts, handle, and lid.",
    "date": "1200s-1300s",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1918.454",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q60759787"
    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ceramic"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1918.454/1918.454_web.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1918.454/1918.454_web.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1918.454/1918.454_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Diameter: 14.7 cm (5 13/16 in.); Overall: 40.4 cm (15 7/8 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)"
    ],
    "accession": "1918.454"
}

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    "tec": "Celadon ware with inlaid white and black slip decoration",
    "tombstone": "Bottle with Chrysanthemum Design (청자 상감 국화무늬 병 [靑磁象嵌菊花文甁]), 1200s-1300s. Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392). Celadon ware with inlaid white and black slip decoration; diameter: 14.7 cm (5 13/16 in.); overall: 40.4 cm (15 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John L. Severance, 1918.454",
    "titleInOriginalLanguage": "청자 상감 국화무늬 병 [靑磁象嵌菊花文甁]",
    "collection": "Korean Art",
    "didYouKnow": "Termed <em>kintsugi</em> (literally meaning “gold joinery”) in Japanese, this method of repairing broken parts with glittering gold mixed with lacquer was extensively used for ceramic works in the Goryeo period, such as this one.",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "Jang, Nam-won. \"The Tea and Celadons during the Goryeo Dynasty : Considering the Celadon Tea Utensils [고려시대 茶文化와 靑瓷].\" <em>Misulsa nondan</em> (2007): 129-162.",
            "url": "https://www.dbpia.co.kr/journal/articleDetail?nodeId=NODE01351978"
        },
        {
            "citation": "<em>Goryeo: The Glory of Korea </em>[대고려, 그 찬란한 도전]. Seoul: National Museum of Korea, 2018."
        },
        {
            "citation": "Lee, Young-hee. \"The Study on Techniques and their Interrelations among Craft Arts of the Goryeo Dynasty [고려시대 공예기법 연구 상호관련성을 중심으로].\" <em>Misulsa hakbo</em> 22 (2004): 133-170.",
            "url": "https://www.dbpia.co.kr/journal/articleDetail?nodeId=NODE00557781"
        },
        {
            "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": "Cleveland Museum of Art, and Sŭng-hye Sŏn. The Lure of Painted Poetry: Japanese and Korean Art. [Cleveland]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2011."
        },
        {
            "citation": "<em>Goryeo Dynasty: Korea's Age of Enlightenment, 918-1392</em>. San Francisco: Asian Art Museum, 2003."
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1918.454",
    "creditline": "Gift of John L. Severance",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:20:11.254000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1918.454/1918.454_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 98773,
    "dept": "Korean Art",
    "coll": "Korean Art",
    "med": "Celadon ware with inlaid white and black slip decoration",
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "image_url": null
}

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