Punwon ware bottle

Object Details

• Description

  Bottle-vase, globular body, elongated straight neck with slight flare, low foot, two faint cracks from lip.

  Clay: white porcelain; some nicks and patches in surface of paste.

  Glaze: clear porcelain glaze, feldspathic, slight aqua tint, low to medium gloss; some pin-point size impurities. Bearing edge of foot unglazed, and a small area skipped when base was glazed.

  Decoration: Painted in cobalt blue under the glaze, simple outline and wash, leafy peony branch and two separate leaf sprays; single line on outside of foot rim.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Korean Ceramics (February 4, 1997 to August 7, 2011)

  Korean Art (December 17, 1984 to June 23, 1986)

  Korean Art (March 20, 1982 to 2 April 1984)

  Korean Art (June 4, 1982 to September 23, 1982)

  Korean Art (July 15, 1981 to September 15, 1981)

• Origin

  Bunwon kilns, Gwangju city, Gyeonggi-do province, Korea

• Credit Line

  Gift of Graenum and Emma Berger and Elizabeth Lee Berger in memory of Ambassador Samuel D. Berger

• Type

  Vessel

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• Related Resources

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• Date

  1800s, 1890s

• Place

  Gwangju city, Gyeonggi-do province, Bunwon kilns, Korea

• Topic

  Cobalt pigment, Porcelain, Art, Peony, Joseon period (1392 - 1910), Clear glaze, Korean Art, Ceramics, Bunwon ware

• Culture

  Koreans

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)