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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 140, Factory Ceramics

Scent of Hangul

Cup and Saucer
ca. 2008-2009 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Cup and saucer in bone china, decal-printed in black with poetic inscription and calligraphic design.


Object details

Category
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Cup
  • Saucer
TitleScent of Hangul (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Bone china, decal-printed
Brief description
Cup and saucer, bone china, decal-printed in black with poetic inscription and calligraphic design, designed by Lie Sang-bong for Haengnam Chinaware Inc., Seoul, South Korea, ca. 2008-2009.
Physical description
Cup and saucer in bone china, decal-printed in black with poetic inscription and calligraphic design.
Style
Marks and inscriptions
(Counting the Stars at Night by Tong-ju YUN, 1917-1945 Yun is a well-known Korean poet, author of the collection 'Heaven, Wind, Stars and Poetry'.)
Translation
'Memory for one star Sorrow for another star Love for another star Poetry for another star and oh, mother, oh, mother for another star'
Credit line
Given by the designer
Bibliographic reference
published in Beth McKillop & Pauline LeMoigne "Tradition and Transformation : two decades of Korean Art and Design at the V&A Museum" in Orientations,Volume 43, number 6, September 2012, pp.83-91.
Collection
Accession number
FE.76:1, 2-2009

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Record createdDecember 14, 2010
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