Vase in tsurukubi form with inlaid decoration

Object Details

• Description

  Bottle, long-necked; bold foot; six spur-marks on the foot-rim.

  Clay: dense, gray-white.

  Glaze: mingled cream-white, bluish-gray and pinkish-brown; crackled; several wide fire-cracks exposing brown biscuit.

  Decoration: inlaid in white paste under glaze.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Arts of Japan: Edo Aviary and Poetic License (February 2 to August 4, 2013)

  Korean Tea Bowls for Japan (July 1, 2012 to August 20, 2013)

• Origin

  Wakan (Waegwan) kiln, Busan city, Gyeongsangnam-do province, Korea

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Vessel

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1650s, 1690s

• Place

  Wakan, Busan city, Gyeongsangnam-do province, Korea

• Topic

  Charles Lang Freer collection, Art, Inlay (process), Joseon period (1392 - 1910), Clear glaze, Stoneware, Korean Art, Busan ware, Ceramics

• Culture

  Koreans

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)