ROOSTER AND HEN
1766-1799
Physical Qualities
Porcelain with underglaze cobalt and copper decoration, 25.5 × 18.3 × 18 cm. (10 1/16 × 7 3/16 × 7 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mark S. Pratt, Washington, D.C.
Object Number
2018.74
Unlike the nearby works from China and Japan, this Korean vase is decorated on only one side with a nearly abstract composition that conforms to the vessel's shape. Flowers rest high on the shoulder and branches extend down onto the body.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift 2018; Mark S. Pratt, Washington, D.C.
Frances Klapthor, The Baltimore Museum of art, "Across East Asia: China's Cultural & Artistic Legacy," October 30, 2019-
Collection installation, "Asia. 1,000 Years of Exchange in East Asia", Levy Gallery, Baltimore Museum of Art, October 5, 2023-.
Collection installation, "Asia. 1,000 Years of Exchange in East Asia", Levy Gallery, Baltimore Museum of Art, October 5, 2023-.
On View at the BMA