Resource Spotlight | “Arts of Korea” from The Metropolitan Museum of Art

 

동제 두 마리 용 무늬 거울 고려
銅製雙龍文圓形鏡 高麗
Mirror decorated with dragons
Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)
11th–12th century
Korea
Bronze
Rogers Fund, 1911
Accession Number: 11.48.1
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

 
 
 

Arts of Korea

 

Contributors

Chung Yang-mo, Ahn Hwi-joon, Yi Song-mi, Kim Lena, Kim Hongnam, Pak Youngsook, and Jonathan W. Best

Coordinating Editor

Judith G. Smith

 
 
 

This resource is generously provided by The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

 

금제 귀걸이 삼국 가야
金製耳飾 三國 伽倻
Earrings
Three Kingdoms period, Gaya federation (42–562)
6th century
Korea
Gold
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1943
Accession Number: 43.49.5
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

지장보살도 고려
地藏菩薩圖 高麗
Kshitigarbha
Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)
First half of the 14th century
Korea
Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk
H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Gift of Horace Havemeyer, 1929
Accession Number: 29.160.32
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

나전 대모 칠 국화 넝쿨 무늬 꽃 모양 합 고려
螺鈿玳瑁漆菊唐草文半花形盒 高麗
Trefoil-shaped covered box with decoration of chrysanthemums
Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)
ca.12th century
Korea
Lacquer inlaid with mother-of-pearl and tortoise shell over pigment and brass wire
Fletcher Fund, 1925
Accession Number: 25.215.41a, b
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청자 상감 구름 학 무늬 매병 고려
靑磁象嵌雲鶴文梅甁 高麗
Maebyeong (plum bottle) decorated with cranes and clouds
Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)
Korea
Late 13th century
Stoneware with inlaid design under celadon glaze
Fletcher Fund, 1927
Accession Number: 27.119.11
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Wine Ewer with Chrysanthemums and Lotus Flowers
Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)
First half of the 13th century
Korea
Stoneware with inlaid decoration under celadon glaze
Rogers Fund, 1913
Accession Number: 13.195.1a, b
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작자미상 범천왕을 중심으로 한 신중도 조선
作者未詳 神衆圖 朝鮮
Brahma with Attendants and Musicians
Joseon dynasty (1392–1910)
Late 16th century
Korea
Hanging scroll; ink and color on hemp
Gift of Mrs. Edward S. Harkness, 1921
Accession Number: 21.57
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

청자 상감 모란 무늬 기름병 고려
靑磁 象嵌 牡丹文 油甁 高麗
Oil bottle decorated with peony leaves
Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)
Late 12th century
Korea
Stoneware with reverse-inlaid design under celadon glaze
Rogers Fund, 1917
Accession Number: 17.175.9
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

법화경변상도 고려
Illustrated manuscript of the Lotus Sutra (Miaofa lianhua jing), Volume 2
Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)
ca. 1340
Korea
Accordion-fold book; gold and silver on indigo-dyed mulberry paper
Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 1994
Accession Number: 1994.207
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금동여래입상 통일신라
金銅如來立像 統一新羅
Standing Buddha
South and North Kingdoms period (676–935), Unified Silla
8th century
Korea
Gilt bronze
Rogers Fund, 1912
Accession Number: 12.37.136
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아미타삼존도 고려
阿彌陀三尊圖 高麗
Amitabha triad
Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)
ca. 13th century
Korea
Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk
Rogers Fund, 1930
Accession Number: 30.76.298
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장생 무늬 화각 상자 조선
長生文華角箱子 朝鮮
Box decorated with auspicious symbols
Joseon dynasty (1392–1910)
19th century
Korea
Lacquered wood inlaid with flattened and painted ox horn
Gift of Florence and Herbert Irving, 2015
Accession Number: 2015.500.3.6a, b
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청자 상감 금채 국화 무늬 작은 항아리 고려
靑磁象嵌金彩菊花文小壺 高麗
Small jar and cover decorated with chrysanthemums, cranes, and clouds
Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)
Late 13th century
Korea
Stoneware with gold and inlaid design under celadon glaze
Gift of Sadajiro Yamanaka, 1911
Accession Number: 11.8.4
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금제 연꽃 새 무늬 장식 고려
金製 蓮花鳥文 裝飾 高麗
Ornament with bird among lotuses
Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)
Korea
Gold
Rogers Fund, 1921
Accession Number: 21.117.4
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

金　磁州窯白地黑彩鶻搏天鵝　“春水”　瓷枕
Pillow with a Falcon attacking a Swan
Zhang family workshop
Jin Dynasty (1115–1234)
12th–13th century
China
Stoneware painted with brown and black pigment on white slip under transparent glaze (Cizhou ware)
Gift of Ernest Erickson Foundation, 1985
Accession Number: 1985.214.132
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

수월관음도 고려
水月觀音圖 高麗
Water-moon Avalokiteshvara
Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)
First half of the 14th century
Korea
Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Charles Stewart Smith Collection, Gift of Mrs. Charles Stewart Smith, Charles Stewart Smith Jr., and Howard Caswell Smith, in memory of Charles Stewart Smith, 1914
Accession Number: 14.76.6
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

나전 칠 모란 넝쿨 무늬 서류함 조선
螺鈿漆牡丹唐草文書類函 朝鮮
Stationery box decorated with peony scrolls
Joseon dynasty (1392–1910)
15th–16th century
Korea
Lacquer inlaid with mother-of-pearl; brass fittings
Gift of Florence and Herbert Irving, 2015
Accession Number: 2015.500.3.1a, b
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

청자 양각 갈대물새 무늬 표주박 모양 주전자 고려
靑磁陽刻葦蘆水禽文瓢形注子 高麗
Gourd-shaped ewer decorated with waterfowl and reeds
Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)
Korea
Early 12th century
Stoneware with carved and incised design under celadon glaze
Fletcher Fund, 1927
Accession Number: 27.119.2
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

탄은 이정 대나무 조선
灘隱 李霆 墨竹圖 朝鮮
Bamboo in the Wind
Yi Jeong (Korean, 1541–1626)
Joseon dynasty (1392–1910)
Early 17th century
Korea
Hanging scroll; ink on silk with gold on colophon
Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation, 2015
Accession Number: 2015.300.299
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

손잡이 달린 잔 삼국
把手附盞 三國
Double-handled vessel
Three Kingdoms period (57 B.C.–A.D. 676)
5th–6th century
Korea
Stoneware
Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 1997
Accession Number: 1997.34.25
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Colophon

Authors | Chung Yang-mo, Ahn Hwi-joon, Yi Song-mi, Kim Lena, Kim Hongnam, Pak Youngsook, Jonathan W. Best
Editor | Judith G. Smith
Publisher | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Date of Publication | 1998

News 12Editorial TeamArt of the Ancestors, Steven G. Alpert, Asian Art, Island Southeast Asian Art, Oceanic Art, Asiatica, Ethnographica, Ethnographic Art, Art Collection, Fine Art, Primitive Art, Indonesian Art, Tribal Art, Eyes of the Ancestors, Dr. Reimar Schefold