Fragment of Garden Stool with Openwork Design (1200s): Art, History and Details

Fragment of Garden Stool with Openwork Design (1200s) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the 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.

Object facts

• Title: Fragment of Garden Stool with Openwork Design
• Date: 1200s
• Culture: Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)
• Type: Ceramic
• Technique: stoneware with celadon glaze, insiced scroll design, and carved openwork pattern with floral centers
• Dimensions: Overall: 27.5 x 20.3 cm (10 13/16 x 8 in.)
• Collection: Korean Art
• Department: Korean Art
• Accession number: 1918.418

A detail from the museum

This ceramic fragment was part of a luxurious outdoor stool. A similar example can be found in collection of the National Museum of Korea. https://www.museum.go.kr/site/main/relic/search/view?relicId=7126

Collection credit

Gift of John L. Severance

Further reading listed by the museum

• The one of the best preserved examples can be found in the collection of the National Museum of Korea, Seoul.
• Goryeo Dynasty: Korea's Age of Enlightenment, 918-1392. San Francisco: Asian Art Museum, 2003.
• Goryeo: The Glory of Korea [대고려, 그 찬란한 도전]. Seoul: National Museum of Korea, 2018.

View the collection record

See the museum's photographs and full catalogue entry. Catalogue text is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art's open-access data, with HTML formatting removed. This object and its supplied image are designated CC0.