Ewer
Asian Art
On View: Asian Galleries, South, 2nd floor
Gourds and melons were popular motifs in East Asian design because their many seeds were associated with fertility and abundance. Both of these vessels have handles that reference the twisting vines of gourd and melon plants, with small tendril-like loops at the top where a string or chain would have attached the handle to a ceramic lid. Both original lids are now missing; the melon-shaped ewer has a wood replacement. Both ewers are decorated with lotus flowers, symbols of spiritual transcendence because lotuses rise above their lowly origin (pond water) to bloom in glorious color.
MEDIUM
Porcelaneous stoneware with celadon glaze
DATES
12th century
DYNASTY
Goryeo Dynasty
DIMENSIONS
Height: 11 13/16 in. (30 cm)
Diameter at mouth: 3/16 in. (0.5 cm)
Diameter at base: 4 in. (10.2 cm)
Width: 8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm)
(show scale)
ACCESSION NUMBER
57.141
CREDIT LINE
Museum Collection Fund
CAPTION
Ewer, 12th century. Porcelaneous stoneware with celadon glaze, Height: 11 13/16 in. (30 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 57.141. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 57.141_PS11.jpg)
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