Cleveland Museum of Art

Vase with Bird and Flower Design

Date

late 1800s–early 1900s

Medium

porcelain with underglaze blue

Culture

Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910)

Department

Korean Art

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

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. Nineteenth-century Korean blue-and-white porcelains tend to feature broad shoulders and a tall neck.

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