Museum Exhibition
Flip Sides: Seeing Korean Art Anew
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
March 16, 2026 – May 31, 2027
Flip Sides: Seeing Korean Art Anew invites close looking and offers multiple views of the inside, reverse, or hard-to-see aspects of objects.
Exhibition artworks
Representative work
Korea
Kashyapa
dated 1700
Wood with polychrome paint
H. 22 in. (55.9 cm); W. 9 in. (22.9 cm)
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Korea
Birds and Flowers
late 19th century
Ten-panel folding screen, silk embroidery
Image: each panel: 46 7/8 × 12 7/8 in. (119 × 32.7 cm) Overall: 66 1/4 in. × 12 ft. 7 9/16 in. (168.3 × 385 cm)
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Korea
Seated bodhisattva (left attendant of a triad)
ca. mid-17th century
Gilt wood
H. 20 1/4 In. (51.4 cm); W. 14 1/4 in. (51.4 cm); D. 12 3/4 in. (36.2 cm) H. to flame elements: 21 1/2 in. (54.6 cm)
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Korea
Needle case and bobbin
12th–13th century
Partially gilt silver inlaid with niello, silver
L. 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm)
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Korea
Incense box
14th–15th century
Iron inlaid with gold and silver
H. 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm); W. 4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm); D. 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm)
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Korea
Bowl with phoenixes
19th century
Porcelain with mold-impressed decoration under glaze
H. 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm); Diam. 6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm)
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