Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910) / late 1800s–early 1900s
Vase with Bird and Flower Design
The Cleveland Museum of Art catalogs Vase with Bird and Flower Design as ceramic (Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910) · late 1800s–early 1900s).
Nineteenth-century Korean blue-and-white porcelains tend to feature broad shoulders and a tall neck.
A CLOSER LOOK
The museum identifies this ceramic as porcelain with underglaze blue.
The museum's collection notes: This vase with broad shoulders and a tall neck represents a typical style of 19th-century blue-and-white porcelain. Unlike earlier examples decorated mainly with literati themes that evoke neo-Confucian moral values—plum blossoms (purity), orchids (grace), bamboo (integrity), and chrysanthemums (loftiness)—porcelain works of the 1800s feature fully bloomed peonies and a pair of playful birds, symbols of wealth and familial harmony.
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