Fragment
1800-1900 (made)
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Simple glazed ceramics with refined shapes were popular in Korea during the Choson period (1392-1910). Cobalt blue was used to decorate some of these ceramics. This pigment had to be imported from China, which made it expensive. As a result, its use was sometimes banned as it represented an extravagance at odds with the austerity of the Confucian values that held sway in the Choson period. Generally, blue and white ceramics were used in households of the upper echelons of society: at court and among the literati.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain, glazed with underglaze blue decoration |
| Brief description | Cer, Korea, porcelain fragment, Choson period |
| Physical description | Fragment of finely potted white porcelain cup with single character written in the bowl in underglaze cobalt blue. White glaze with slight blue tinge. Glazed, concave foot with central peak. Diagonal firing crack across wall. Written character approximately 12mm across. |
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| Credit line | Given by Sheila E. Hoey Middleton |
| Summary | Simple glazed ceramics with refined shapes were popular in Korea during the Choson period (1392-1910). Cobalt blue was used to decorate some of these ceramics. This pigment had to be imported from China, which made it expensive. As a result, its use was sometimes banned as it represented an extravagance at odds with the austerity of the Confucian values that held sway in the Choson period. Generally, blue and white ceramics were used in households of the upper echelons of society: at court and among the literati. |
| Bibliographic reference | Middleton, Sheila. "Choson Period Sherds from the British Embassy Site, Seoul." in Orientations 23:12 (December 1992): 57-60 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | FE.53-2009 |
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| Record created | August 10, 2009 |
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