{"id":"cma-122320","titulo":{"en":"Koro — Lidded Jade Vessel with Dragons and Floral Openwork","es":"Koro — Recipiente de jade con tapa, dragones y calado floral"},"titulo_original":"Koro","autor":"Unknown maker / Autor desconocido","fecha":"1736–95","cultura":"China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong reign (1736–95)","tecnica":"jade","fuente":"Cleveland Museum of Art","licencia":"CC0-1.0","licencia_url":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","credito":"Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of John L. Severance","url_original":"https://clevelandart.org/art/1942.621","imagen_url":"https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1942.621/1942.621_web.jpg","ficha":{"en":{"titulo":"Koro — Lidded Jade Vessel with Dragons and Floral Openwork","se_ve":"The piece occupies the center of the image, photographed from the front against a background that shifts from black at the top to light gray on the supporting surface. It is a lidded vessel made of polished jade in pale greens, mint, and translucent emerald, with whitish veining and almost milky areas. The body is broad and rounded, resting on a short, slightly flared circular foot. An openwork band encircles its middle with large flowers of open petals and interlacing leaves; below it is a relief band of repeated motifs resembling petals or flames. On both sides project dragon heads with open snouts, marked teeth, carved manes, and small horns; from each jaw, through a curve, hangs a smooth, loose ring that appears to be movable. The stepped, domed lid repeats an openwork floral band and an incised geometric band. It is crowned by two small crouching creatures facing each other, among interlaced forms and a sphere. Soft, directed light creates highlights on the smooth surfaces, reveals translucency at the thin edges, and casts a dark, defined shadow to the right.","contexto":"According to the source data, this work is titled Koro, is by an unknown maker, and dates to 1736–95, during the Qing dynasty (1644–1911), in the Qianlong reign, in China. It is carved in jade and belongs to the Chinese Art holdings of the Cleveland Museum of Art, which preserves it through the Bequest of John L. Severance. The term koro is associated with lidded incense burners, although the source does not specify this object's particular use or earlier provenance. In Qing-period China, polished jade carved with openwork and with floral and animal motifs was highly prized for its hardness, translucency, and symbolic value. It is not known who carved it or for whom it was made.","como_mirarla":"Begin with the loose rings hanging from the dragons' jaws and imagine the faint sound they might make if the piece were moved. Then look at the openwork bands, where solid stone becomes almost like lace. Finally, go up to the two small creatures on the lid: their confrontation turns a functional container into a small sculptural scene.","dato_curioso":"Jade is so hard that it was traditionally worked not by cutting it like wood, but by slowly wearing it away with abrasives—a process that makes the delicacy of the openwork and the loose rings even more remarkable.","preguntas":["What might change in our perception of this object if we could hear the rings, feel the stone's weight, or sense a fragrance coming from beneath its lid?","Why combine dragons, flowers, and two facing creatures on a single container?","What does it mean that such labor-intensive work was made by someone whose name is not known?"]},"es":{"titulo":"Koro — Recipiente de jade con tapa, dragones y calado floral","se_ve":"La pieza ocupa el centro de la imagen, fotografiada de frente sobre un fondo que pasa del negro en la parte superior a un gris claro en la superficie de apoyo. Es un recipiente con tapa, de jade pulido en verdes pálidos, menta y esmeralda translúcida, con vetas blanquecinas y zonas casi lechosas. El cuerpo es ancho y redondeado, apoyado en una base circular corta y ligeramente ensanchada. Una franja calada rodea su parte media con flores grandes de pétalos abiertos y hojas entrelazadas; debajo hay una banda en relieve con motivos repetidos semejantes a pétalos o llamas. A ambos lados sobresalen cabezas de dragón de hocico abierto, dientes marcados, melena tallada y pequeños cuernos; de cada mandíbula cuelga, a través de una curva, un anillo suelto y liso que parece móvil. La tapa, escalonada y abombada, repite una franja calada floral y una banda geométrica incisa. La coronan dos pequeñas criaturas agazapadas frente a frente, entre formas entrelazadas y una esfera. La luz, suave y dirigida, crea brillos en las superficies lisas, deja ver la transparencia en los bordes delgados y proyecta una sombra oscura y definida hacia la derecha.","contexto":"Según los datos de la fuente, esta obra se titula Koro, es de autor desconocido y data de 1736-1795, durante la dinastía Qing (1644-1911), en el reinado Qianlong, en China. Está tallada en jade y pertenece al área de arte chino del Cleveland Museum of Art, que la conserva por legado de John L. Severance. El término koro se asocia a incensarios con tapa, aunque la fuente no detalla su uso concreto ni su procedencia anterior. En la China de época Qing el jade pulido y tallado con calados y motivos florales y animales era muy apreciado por su dureza, translucidez y valor simbólico. No se sabe quién la talló ni para quién fue hecha.","como_mirarla":"Empieza por los anillos sueltos que cuelgan de las fauces de los dragones e imagina el sonido leve que harían si la pieza se moviera. Después observa las franjas caladas, donde la piedra maciza se vuelve casi un encaje. Por último, sube hasta las dos criaturas de la tapa: su enfrentamiento convierte un recipiente funcional en una pequeña escena escultórica.","dato_curioso":"El jade es tan duro que tradicionalmente no se trabajaba cortándolo como la madera, sino desgastándolo poco a poco con abrasivos, un proceso que hace aún más notable la delicadeza de los calados y de los anillos sueltos.","preguntas":["¿Qué cambiaría en nuestra percepción de este objeto si pudiéramos escuchar los anillos, sentir el peso de la piedra o percibir una fragancia que saliera bajo su tapa?","¿Por qué reunir dragones, flores y dos criaturas enfrentadas en un mismo recipiente?","¿Qué significa que un trabajo tan laborioso haya sido hecho por alguien cuyo nombre no se conoce?"]}},"etiquetas":{"en":["jade","qing dynasty","qianlong reign","chinese art","carving","openwork","dragons","flowers","lidded vessel","incense burner","translucency","serenity"],"es":["jade","dinastía qing","reinado qianlong","arte chino","talla en piedra","calado","dragones","flores","recipiente con tapa","incensario","translucidez","serenidad"]},"objetos":["recipiente con tapa","dragones","anillos sueltos","flores caladas","criaturas agazapadas","esfera"],"colores":["#0b0b0b","#6fae90","#a8cbb2","#d3e2d0","#2f5d4a"],"animo":["serenidad refinada y solemne"],"epoca":"1736–95","certeza":"alta","advertencias":[],"capa":{"voces":[{"guia":"la restauradora","en":"As a conservator I am struck by the patience this jade required, dated 1736 to 1795, during the Qing dynasty under the Qianlong reign. I notice pale greens, mint and translucent emerald with whitish veins, polished to catch the soft light and reveal transparency along the thin edges. The openwork floral band at the middle, the relief band shaped like petals or flames, and the two side dragons with loose hanging rings show extraordinary technical mastery over such a hard and treasured stone.","es":"Como restauradora me detiene la paciencia que exige este jade de la dinastía Qing, entre 1736 y 1795, en el reinado Qianlong. Observo verdes pálidos, menta y esmeralda translúcida con vetas blanquecinas, pulido hasta reflejar la luz suave y dejar ver la transparencia en los bordes delgados. El calado floral de la franja media, la banda en relieve con forma de pétalos o llamas y los dos dragones laterales con anillos sueltos móviles muestran un dominio técnico extraordinario sobre una piedra tan dura y apreciada."},{"guia":"el astrónomo aficionado","en":"As an amateur astronomer I think about light passing through matter. This koro, a lidded vessel photographed against a background fading from black to light gray, seems to capture light like a thin moon. The jade lets glow through its edges and polished surfaces, while the sharp shadow to the right recalls an eclipse. The open-mouthed dragons with hanging rings, the openwork flowers, and the two crouching creatures facing each other with a sphere on the lid make me imagine constellations and orbits carved in green and milky stone.","es":"Como astrónomo aficionado pienso en luz atravesando materia. Este koro, recipiente con tapa fotografiado sobre fondo que va del negro al gris claro, parece captar luz como una luna delgada. El jade deja pasar el brillo en los bordes y pulidos, mientras la sombra definida hacia la derecha recuerda un eclipse. Los dragones con hocico abierto y anillos colgantes, las flores caladas y las dos criaturas agazapadas frente a frente con una esfera en la tapa me hacen imaginar constelaciones y órbitas talladas en piedra verde y lechosa."},{"guia":"la niña de ocho años","en":"This little jade jar looks like it belongs to magic dragons! It has two dragon heads on the sides with teeth and manes, and each one holds a ring in its mouth that really looks like it can swing. In the middle there are big flowers with leaves that look like lace because they are openwork and let light through. The lid is like a little hill with two tiny crouching animals facing each other and a little ball in between. I love its mint and light emerald color, like icy candy, shiny and smooth at once.","es":"¡Este frasquito de jade parece de dragones mágicos! Tiene dos cabezas de dragón a los lados con dientes y melena, y cada una muerde un anillo que se mueve de verdad. En medio hay flores grandes con hojas que parecen encaje porque están caladas y dejan pasar la luz. La tapa es como una montañita con dos animalitos chiquitos agazapados mirándose y una pelotita en medio. Me gusta su color verde menta y esmeralda clarito, como paleta helada, brilloso y suave a la vez."}],"retos":[{"pregunta":{"en":"How many loose rings hang from the dragon heads on the sides of the vessel?","es":"¿Cuántos anillos sueltos cuelgan de las cabezas de dragón a los lados del recipiente?"},"pista":{"en":"Look at both sides of the body, under each open snout there is a curve holding something smooth and movable.","es":"Mira a ambos lados del cuerpo, bajo cada hocico abierto hay una curva con algo liso y móvil."}},{"pregunta":{"en":"What creatures crown the lid, crouching face to face with a sphere between them?","es":"¿Qué seres coronan la tapa, agazapados frente a frente con una esfera entre ellos?"},"pista":{"en":"Look at the very top of the stepped lid, among intertwined shapes.","es":"Observa la parte más alta de la tapa escalonada, entre formas entrelazadas."}},{"pregunta":{"en":"What translucent veined material is this koro with dragons and openwork flowers carved from?","es":"¿De qué material translúcido y veteado está tallado este koro con dragones y flores caladas?"},"pista":{"en":"It is a very hard stone prized in Qing China, in pale and mint greens.","es":"Es una piedra muy dura y apreciada en la China Qing, de verdes pálidos y menta."}}],"conexiones":["jade y translucidez","talla en piedra y calado","dragones y seres protectores","flores y motivos vegetales","recipiente con tapa e incensario","dinastía Qing y reinado Qianlong","arte chino y simbolismo","luz y sombra en museografía"]},"salas":[],"escrita_por":"muse-wonder-1.0"}