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Fragment of Garden Stool with Openwork Design

1200s · stoneware with celadon glaze, insiced scroll design, and carved openwork pattern with floral centers

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About this work

This ceramic fragment was part of a luxurious outdoor stool possibly used in a Goryeo elite's garden. A similar example, which maintains its pristine condition, can be found in collection of the National Museum of Korea. https://www.museum.go.kr/site/main/relic/search/view?relicId=7126.

Cleveland Museum of Art’s own description

Credit lineFragment of Garden Stool with Openwork Design (청자 투각 의자 편 [靑磁透刻墩片]), 1200s. Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392). Stoneware with celadon glaze, insiced scroll design, and carved openwork pattern with floral centers; overall: 27.5 x 20.3 cm (10 13/16 x 8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John L. Severance, 1918.418

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