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    "localId": "98812",
    "label": "Plaque with Inlaid Peony and Chrysanthemum Design",
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}

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    "id": "98812",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Plaque with Inlaid Peony and Chrysanthemum Design",
    "description": "Celadons, spoons, seals, and bronze mirrors were the most common burial objects in tombs during the Goryeo period (918-1392). Furnishing tombs with an elaborate assemblage of objects was believed to honor and comfort the newly dead. This type of celadon tile, elegantly adorned with the image of flowers such as bloomed peonies and chrysanthemums, was used to embellish the interior of buildings.",
    "date": "1200s",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1918.490",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q79485651"
    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ceramic"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1918.490/1918.490_web.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1918.490/1918.490_web.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1918.490/1918.490_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 19.1 x 25.4 x 0.3 cm (7 1/2 x 10 x 1/8 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)"
    ],
    "accession": "1918.49"
}

{
    "tec": "celadon with inlaid decoration",
    "tombstone": "Plaque with Inlaid Peony and Chrysanthemum Design (청자 상감 모란·국화무늬 판 [靑磁象嵌銅彩牡丹菊花文板]), 1200s. Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392). Celadon with inlaid decoration; overall: 19.1 x 25.4 x 0.3 cm (7 1/2 x 10 x 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John L. Severance, 1918.490",
    "titleInOriginalLanguage": "청자 상감 모란·국화무늬 판 [靑磁象嵌銅彩牡丹菊花文板]",
    "collection": "Korean Art",
    "didYouKnow": "Celadon tiles such as this one were mainly produced in state kilns located in Kangjin and Buan, Jeolla province.",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "Lee, Young-hee. \"The Study on the Craft technique of Koryo Dynasty-Centering on Interrelation [고려시대 공예기법 연구 상호관련성을 중심으로].\" <em>Misulsa hakbo</em> (2004): 133-170.",
            "url": "https://www.dbpia.co.kr/journal/articleDetail?nodeId=NODE00557781&language=ko_KR"
        },
        {
            "citation": "<em>Goryeo Dynasty: Korea's Age of Enlightenment, 918-1392</em>. San Francisco: Asian Art Museum, 2003."
        },
        {
            "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": "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.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned and reproduced: P. 79"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1918.490",
    "creditline": "Gift of John L. Severance",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:20:16.615000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1918.490/1918.490_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 98812,
    "dept": "Korean Art",
    "coll": "Korean Art",
    "med": "celadon with inlaid decoration",
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "image_url": null
}

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