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The duck\u2019s extended tail is swept upwards to form a handle, which supports a human figure holding a bowl that wine would have been poured into, and its beak is fashioned into a spout. The human figure wears a headdress and a flowing robe, indicating that he is a Daoist immortal and suggesting that this ewer was used for ritual or ceremonial purposes. In its carefully rendered details and beautifully translucent color, this vessel is both a technical tour de force and a playfully charming object for admiration and delight.<\/p>\n","short_description":"One of the notable artistic accomplishments of Korea's Goryeo period was the production of sculptural celadons like this duck-shaped vessel. The duck\u2019s tail forms a handle, which supports a human figure who holds a bowl to receive wine, and its beak is the spout. The figure's clothing indicates he is a Daoist immortal and suggests this ewer was used for ritual or ceremonial purposes.","dimensions":"21.4 \u00d7 17.7 \u00d7 13.2 cm (8 1\/2 \u00d7 7 \u00d7 5 1\/2 in.)","dimensions_detail":[{"depth":13,"width":17,"height":21,"diameter":null,"clarification":null}],"medium_display":"Stoneware with celadon glaze and underglaze incised decoration","inscriptions":null,"credit_line":"Bequest of Russell Tyson","catalogue_display":null,"publication_history":"Art Insitute of Chicago: Essential Guide, rev. ed. (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 2013) p. 104.\n\nKumja Paik Kim, Goryeo Dynasty: Korea's Age of Enlightenment, 918-1392 (San Francisco: Asian Art Museum, 2003), pl. 260, p. 261.\n\nElinor Pearlstein and James T. Ulak, Asian Art in the Art Institute of Chicago (Art Institute of Chicago \/ Harry N. Abrams, 1993), p. 150, p.80 (ill)\n\nOsaka, Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Chicago Bijutsukan Meihinten: Masterpieces of Chinese Arts from The Art Institute of Chicago, (Osaka: Association for the Advancement of Fine Arts, 1989), pl. 113 (illus), p. 148.\n\nRobert P. Griffing, the Art of the Korean Potter: silla, Koryo, Yi (New York : Asia Society; distributed by New York Graphic Society; Greenwich, Conn. 1968) Illus. P. 32. \u2013 An Asia House Gallery publication.\n\nWilliam M. Blair, \"Russell Tyson\" The Art Institute of Chicago Quarterly, vol.57, no. 3 (Autumn,1963), pl.48. (illus)\n\nThe Toledo Museum of Art, Northeastern Asiatic Art: Korea, Mancuria, Mongolia and Tibet, Toledo, 1942, No. 53.\n\nKim Yunjeong, \"The Influence of Taoism on Goryeo Celadon,\"  Celadon of the Goryeo Dynasty, Journal of Korean Art & Archaeology,vol. 6 (2012), p. 58, fig. 5.","exhibition_history":"Asian Art Museum of San Francisco: \"Goryeo Dynasty: Korea's Age of Enlightenment, 918-1392,\" October 18, 2003-January 11, 2004.\n\nOsaka, Museum of Oriental Ceramics, \"Chicago Bijutsukan Meihinten: Masterpieces of Chinese Arts from the Art Institute of Chicago,\" 1989, no. 96, traveled to the MOA Museum of Art, Atami and the Idemitsu Museum of Art, Tokyo.\n\nArt Institute of Chicago, \"Art of The Korea Potter,\" Oct. 5 - Nov. 17, 1968.\n\nAsia House Gallery, spring 1968.","provenance_text":"Yamanaka & Company, Boston; sold to Russell Tyson (1867\u20131963), Chicago, Oct. 4, 1926 [the object was placed on long-term loan at the Art Institute of Chicago beginning in 1926]; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, Oct. 15, 1964.","edition":null,"publishing_verification_level":"Web Cataloged","internal_department_id":8,"fiscal_year":null,"fiscal_year_deaccession":null,"is_public_domain":true,"is_zoomable":true,"max_zoom_window_size":-1,"copyright_notice":null,"has_multimedia_resources":true,"has_educational_resources":false,"has_advanced_imaging":false,"colorfulness":0,"color":{"h":81,"l":48,"s":6,"percentage":0.0013060101327504229,"population":498},"latitude":41.8795550369379,"longitude":-87.6231950148939,"latlon":"41.879555036938,-87.623195014894","is_on_view":false,"on_loan_display":null,"gallery_title":null,"gallery_id":null,"nomisma_id":null,"artwork_type_title":"Vessel","artwork_type_id":23,"department_title":"Arts of Asia","department_id":"PC-7","artist_id":null,"artist_title":null,"alt_artist_ids":[],"artist_ids":[],"artist_titles":[],"category_ids":["PC-7","PC-109","PC-837"],"category_titles":["Arts of Asia","Art Institute Icons","Arts of Asia 100"],"term_titles":["stoneware","ewer (vessel)","Korean (culture or style)","stoneware","vessel","asian art","ceramics","animals","decorative arts"],"style_id":"TM-5182","style_title":"Korean (culture or style)","alt_style_ids":[],"style_ids":["TM-5182"],"style_titles":["Korean (culture or style)"],"classification_id":"TM-11952","classification_title":"ewer (vessel)","alt_classification_ids":["TM-279","TM-27","TM-26","TM-46","TM-1678"],"classification_ids":["TM-11952","TM-279","TM-27","TM-26","TM-46","TM-1678"],"classification_titles":["ewer (vessel)","stoneware","vessel","asian art","ceramics","decorative arts"],"subject_id":null,"alt_subject_ids":["TM-12218"],"subject_ids":["TM-12218"],"subject_titles":["animals"],"material_id":"TM-2484","alt_material_ids":[],"material_ids":["TM-2484"],"material_titles":["stoneware"],"technique_id":null,"alt_technique_ids":[],"technique_ids":[],"technique_titles":[],"theme_titles":["Art Institute Icons","Arts of Asia 100"],"image_id":"97cc0bab-666f-dcee-02e9-0d2e1d3e0d7b","alt_image_ids":["4ec58b4f-11ed-3083-8daa-43c76fbb4c4c","d4b6a0c2-6a5c-7d5f-d6fa-25d5555b9ff4","024b0590-7347-49a2-9177-d3b21a0e8530","b6bb45eb-6561-1b50-4f2b-06835d5aa29d","b9a184d9-d3a5-3ef0-edb2-e4649ee3feaf"],"document_ids":["fd99062e-226e-94cd-c099-1a7bc9783b03"],"sound_ids":["fd99062e-226e-94cd-c099-1a7bc9783b03"],"video_ids":[],"text_ids":[],"section_ids":[],"section_titles":[],"site_ids":[],"suggest_autocomplete_all":[{"input":["1964.1213"],"contexts":{"groupings":["accession"]}},{"input":["Duck-Shaped Ewer with Daoist Priest"],"weight":7742,"contexts":{"groupings":["title"]}}],"source_updated_at":"2026-06-16T14:36:41-05:00","updated_at":"2026-09-17T23:24:15-05:00","timestamp":"2026-09-23T17:32:47-05:00"},"info":{"license_text":"The `description` field in this response is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Generic License (CC-By) and the Terms and Conditions of artic.edu. 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