The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Box from Set of Five with Decoration of Cranes and Clouds

Art Object

Brushed with Passion

Part of a Sunday at the Met held in conjunction with the exhibition Designing Nature: The Rinpa Aesthetic in Japanese Art, on view May 26, 2012–January 13, 2013, this lecture features John T. Carpenter, Curator, Department of Asian Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and a calligraphy demonstration by Fumie Yamada.

Recorded September 30, 2012

The exhibition is made possible by The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Foundation.
The catalogue is made possible by the Richard and Geneva Hofheimer Memorial Fund.

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Box from Set of Five with Decoration of Cranes and Clouds

Period:: Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)
Date:: 13th–14th century
Culture:: Korea
Medium:: Stoneware with inlaid design under celadon glaze
Dimensions:: H. 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm); Diam. 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm)
Classification:: Ceramics
Credit Line:: Gift of Edna H. Bahr, 1962
Accession Number:: 62.97.4a, b

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 233

Description

Celadon boxes like those comprising this set—four or five diminutive ones inside a larger round one—were used as containers for cosmetics or incense.
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