Bowl with inlaid inscription

Historical period(s): Joseon period, 1420-1450

Medium: Stoneware with white inlay under transparent glaze; gold lacquer repairs

Style: Buncheong ware

Dimensions: H x W: 8.5 x 19 cm (3 3/8 x 7 1/2 in)

Geography: Korea, Gyeongsangbuk-do province

Credit Line: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number: F1898.86

On View Location: Currently not on view

Classification(s): Ceramic, Vessel

Type: Bowl

Keywords: Buncheong ware, clear glaze, Joseon period (1392 - 1910), Korea, lacquer repair, stoneware, tea, white inlay

Provenance: To 1898Yamanaka & Company, to 1898 [1]From 1898 to 1919Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1898 [2]From 1920Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]Notes:[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 570, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.[2] See note 1.[3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.

Previous Owner(s): Yamanaka and Co. (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer 1854-1919

Label: This bowl made for table use is an example of the common Joseon-period ware called buncheong, which is characterized by decoration executed with white slip (liquid clay) inlaid into densely stamped or incised motifs, then coated with a clear glaze. Around the outside of this bowl are stamped the characters for the name of a government office, Gunwi insubu, located in Gyeongsangbuk-do province. The office called insubu was in charge of warehouses used to store pottery acquired for official use. This bowl was probably made to order at a pottery workshop within Gyeongsangbuk-do province.

Published References: Oriental Ceramics (Toyo Toji Taikan): The World's Great Collections. 12 vols., Tokyo. pl. 252."Selon les ecritures." Kim En Joong. France. p. 161.

Collection Area(s): Korean Art

Web Resources: Korean Ceramics; Google Cultural Institute

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