Jade String Pendant (right) for the Royal Ceremonial Costume (late 1800s–early 1900s): Art, History and Details

Jade String Pendant (right) for the Royal Ceremonial Costume (late 1800s–early 1900s) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

This is a set of royal ceremonial robe and accessories worn by a high-ranking court official for attending special state ceremonies. The set consists of an inner coat, an outer coat, a skirt, a back apron, a crown, a pair of jade tassels, a tablet, and a belt.

Object facts

• Title: Jade String Pendant (right) for the Royal Ceremonial Costume
• Date: late 1800s–early 1900s
• Culture: Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910)
• Type: Garment
• Technique: Blue silk, gauze weave and plain weave; jade and beads (2 sizes)
• Dimensions: Overall: 48.3 x 16.5 cm (19 x 6 1/2 in.)
• Collection: Textiles
• Department: Textiles
• Accession number: 1918.551.g

Collection credit

General Income Fund

Further reading listed by the museum

• Choe, Yeon-woo. "A Study on the Court uniform Worn by Government Officials in Late Joseon Dynast [조선후기 관원 조복(朝服)의 구성과 형태 연구].” Hanbok munhwa (2015): 131-148.
• Treasures from Korea: Arts and Culture of the Joseon Dynasty, 1392-1910. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2014.
• Ch'a, Mi-rae, Kwi-suk An, Cleveland Museum of Art, and 국외소재문화재재단. The Korean Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Edited by An Min-hŭi. First edition, English ed. Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Series, 16. Seoul, Republic of Korea: Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Foundation, 2021.

View the collection record

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