{"product_id":"celadon-glazed-porcelain-covered-box-and-single-stem-vase-pomegranate-motif","title":"Celadon-Glazed Porcelain Covered Box and Single-Stem Vase: Pomegranate Motif","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis piece is chosen by someone who notices the intelligence of restraint and the dignity of handmade purpose.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“A covered form becomes a garden, and the garden rises to receive one flower.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCreated by Son Won-mo, Incheon Metropolitan City Craft Master No. 7, this celadon-glazed porcelain covered box is remarkable for the way it joins containment and offering within one modest form. It is, structurally, a circular lidded box of approximately 15 centimetres in diameter, large enough to hold treasured jewellery or other small personal objects. Yet the lid is not merely a closure. At its centre, a small raised aperture has been formed to receive a single stem, allowing the object to move between the private act of keeping and the visible act of placing a flower.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe composition is arranged around this central opening. From above, the aperture acts almost like the heart of the design, while the pomegranate branches spread outward across the rounded lid. Leaves, fruit, and stems are not isolated motifs; they form a continuous surface of growth. The relief work gives each element a measured physical presence. Leaves overlap and turn, stems move between them, and the rounded pomegranates appear as calm points of fullness within the surrounding foliage. The eye is guided in a circular movement, returning repeatedly to the central opening.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe pomegranate motif carries a clear cultural resonance in Korean decorative tradition. Because of its many seeds, the fruit is associated with abundance, fertility, and generational continuity. On this covered box, that meaning is not expressed through grandeur, but through repetition and closeness. The fruit appears embedded within a living network of leaves, suggesting that abundance is not a single event, but a condition of continuity — something held, renewed, and protected over time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe side of the vessel extends this reading. The relief pattern continues around the body, so the box does not divide sharply between top and base. Instead, the motif wraps the form, enclosing it in a quiet botanical rhythm. The horizontal line where lid and body meet is important: it marks the object’s function as a container, while also introducing a pause into the visual field. This pause gives order to the richness of the relief, preventing the surface from becoming merely decorative.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe material choice deepens the restraint of the piece. Formed from white porcelain clay and covered with a celadon glaze, the vessel carries a clear and refined blue-green tone. The glaze brings softness to the raised pattern, while the white body beneath contributes to the clean impression of the surface. Light moves gently across the relief, catching the higher leaves and fruit before withdrawing into the recessed lines. The result is lucid rather than ornate, fresh rather than elaborate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen closed, the box feels protective. It gathers private things into a calm interior. When opened, it reveals its practical role as a vessel for keeping. When a single flower is placed through the aperture, the entire object changes again: the pomegranate field becomes a ground from which the flower rises. Use, in this sense, becomes a quiet ritual — choosing what to keep, lifting the lid, placing one stem, and allowing the object to mark time through both memory and season.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe piece lives between stillness and renewal. It is a small work, but its structure is thoughtful: a container for what is precious, a surface of auspicious fruit, and a single opening through which the present moment may enter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDiameter- 15cm (5.91 inch)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHeight- 10.5cm (4.31 inch)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelated Links\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.artinko.com\/blogs\/korean-culture\/about-white-porcelain\" title=\"About white porcelain in artinko.com\"\u003eAbout White Porcelain\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Celadons","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52081521918183,"sku":null,"price":310.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/0100\/1191\/files\/E8466F40-C944-40E2-B809-1A3D5302E480.jpg?v=1779223931","url":"https:\/\/www.artinko.com\/products\/celadon-glazed-porcelain-covered-box-and-single-stem-vase-pomegranate-motif","provider":"ArtinKo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}