Cleveland Museum of Art
Wine Flask with Plum and Bamboo Design
- Date
- 1600s
- Medium
- glazed porcelain with underglazed iron design
- Culture
- Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910)
- Department
- Korean Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
This Korean wine flask embodies Lin Bu’s poetic line "Plums’ subtle scent pervades the moonlit dusk": its circular shape alludes to the full moon, and the gray color unintentionally spread on the flask’s lower part suggests the permeating scent of plum. The other side of the flask features a bamboo design. The plum and bamboo derive from the motif of the Four Gentlemen, which compares four plants to Confucian scholarjunzi, or "gentlemen." The shape of this bottle can be traced all the way back to an ancient Persian pilgrim’s flask.
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