Storage jar, fragment

Object Details

• Description

  Large curved shard representing the shoulder of a jar. white-slipped with dark iron brown pigment under a clear glaze.

  Clay: Dark brown stoneware with white inclusions.

  Glaze: Clear glaze flawed with blotsy brown blobs.

  Decoration: Two painted horizontal lines and a painted floral design, all in iron-brown pigment.

• Collection

  Freer Study Collection

• Origin

  Korea

• Credit Line

  Gift of Mr. Yokota

• Type

  Vessel

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1590s, 1400s

• Place

  Korea

• Topic

  Art, Buncheong ware, Joseon period (1392 - 1910), Stoneware, Korean Art, Ceramics

• Culture

  Koreans

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)