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Spindle Vase

Porcelain soup plate decorated with conventional scroll and shell motif in gold on the rim and central colorful scene of people in bright clothes with water vessels gathering around a golden vase being filled with water.

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  • Porcelain soup plate decorated with conventional scroll and shell motif in gold on the rim and central colorful scene of people in bright clothes with water vessels gathering around a golden vase being filled with water.

Date:

Early 21st century

Artist:

Lee Young-jae
Korean, born 1951

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Arts of Asia

Artist

Young-jae Lee

Title

Spindle Vase

Place

Korean Peninsula (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

2000–2013

Medium

Stoneware with petalite oak ash glaze

Dimensions

41.5 × 31.6 cm (16 5/16 × 12 7/16 in.); Diam.: 31.6 cm (12 7/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Sue and Bernie Pucker in honor of Cindy Pritzker

Reference Number

2013.1420

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