Bowl with boys and grapevines
Paired with grapes and lotuses, images of boys symbolize hopes for offspring and good fortune. These celadon bowls present all three motifs. At center, the clearest imagery—three boys amid lotuses (enlarged on the glass)—indicates the most successful firing. While the bowl at left lost nearly half of the impression in the kiln, a boy among grapevines remains visible. Similarly misfired, the third example features interior grapevines with boys set in roundels on the exterior and within.
Artwork Details
- 청자양각상감 동자 포도무늬 대접 고려
- 靑姿陽刻象嵌童子葡萄文 大楪 高麗
- Title: Bowl with boys and grapevines
- Period: Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)
- Date: 12th–13th century
- Culture: Korea
- Medium: Stoneware with inlaid and mold-impressed design under celadon glaze
- Dimensions: H. 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm); Diam. 7 3/8 in. (18.7 cm)
- Classification: Ceramics
- Credit Line: Gift of Samuel T. Peters, 1915
- Object Number: 15.160.18
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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