Flip Sides: Seeing Korean Art Anew

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• Kashyapa, the smiling monk

  A relaxed, smiling wooden figure of the Buddha's eldest disciple, hollowed for offerings; a scroll found inside dates him to 1700.

• The openwork peony jar

  Four large peonies with twisting branches form a porcelain lattice, and an X-ray scan shows a second vessel concealed inside.

• The mirror with a Buddha on its face

  Unlike the other bronze mirrors here, its image is on the reflective side: Amitabha and two bodhisattvas on lotuses, enlarged on the case glass.

• The marbled celadon box

  A three-inch Goryeo box displayed open, so you can see the spiral of two blended clays at the rim under the green glaze.

• The bird-shaped burial vessel

  A 3rd-century earthenware bird with a 'mohawk'; its scan shows the head was made separately and a metal staple reinforces the base.

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You want big paintings: this is one gallery of mostly small objects, some under two inches tall.