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An 18th-century Korean collector Yu Man-joo (1755–1788) wrote that “spending money on luxury clothing, dishes, and decorations for the home is a waste, but acquiring fancy writing tools helps to develop elegant taste and high-mindedness.” <br><br>Inspired by aesthetic discourses on elegance versus vulgarity in late Ming Chinese literature, Korean collectors in the late 1700s and 1800s strove to assemble objects that would display their intellect and sophisticated taste. Stationery objects in particular—printed books, finely crafted brushes, brush holders, ink stones, water droppers, stone wares with grayish-white crackled glazes as well as bronze vessels, and incense burners—were all objects that reflected pure and elegant taste.
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154264
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Brush Holder with Bamboo and Landscape Design
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154264
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Brush Holder with Bamboo and Landscape Design
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An 18th-century Korean collector Yu Man-joo (1755–1788) wrote that “spending money on luxury clothing, dishes, and decorations for the home is a waste, but acquiring fancy writing tools helps to develop elegant taste and high-mindedness.” <br><br>Inspired by aesthetic discourses on elegance versus vulgarity in late Ming Chinese literature, Korean collectors in the late 1700s and 1800s strove to assemble objects that would display their intellect and sophisticated taste. Stationery objects in particular—printed books, finely crafted brushes, brush holders, ink stones, water droppers, stone wares with grayish-white crackled glazes as well as bronze vessels, and incense burners—were all objects that reflected pure and elegant taste.
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1800s
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en
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Q79941090
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Wood
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Overall: 10.1 x 9 cm (4 x 3 9/16 in.)
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Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910)
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1988.74
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carved bamboo
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Brush Holder with Bamboo and Landscape Design (대나무 산수무늬 팔각필통 [竹山水文八各筆筒]), 1800s. Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910). Carved bamboo; overall: 10.1 x 9 cm (4 x 3 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1988.74
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대나무 산수무늬 팔각필통 [竹山水文八各筆筒]
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Korean Art
didYouKnow
Stationery objects such as this brush holder were highly appreciated among scholars, not only for their function, but for their aesthetic.
citations
citation
“The Year in Review for 1988.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 76, no. 2 (February 1989): 30–75.
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p. 74, no. 212
citation
<em>Joseon-Period Stationary Objects</em> [朝鮮 時代 文房 諸具]. Seoul: National Museum of Korea, 1992.
citation
Yang Uisuk. <em>Joseon ui mokgongye: bueoksegan gwa sarangbangui gimul </em>[조선의 목공예: 부엌세간과 사랑방의 기물]. Seoul: Yenareu, 1994.
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<em>Treasures from Korea: Arts and Culture of the Joseon Dynasty, 1392-1910</em>. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2014.
citation
<em>Wood Craft</em> [목木·공工]. Seoul: Ehwa Woman’s University Museum, 2015.
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John L. Severance Fund
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2026-05-29 07:58:43.897000
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154264
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Korean Art
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Korean Art
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carved bamboo
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