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Jar

2005-2006 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Yi Kang-hyo, or Kang-Hyo Lee as he is sometimes called, is known for his innovations on traditional Punchong pottery. Indigenous Korean clays are dark in colour and rich in iron oxide, which fires to a deep chocolate brown. White slip was added to coat the brown clay and lighten the colour of the pots. When the pot was dry, the slip could be scraped away to reveal a pattern traced into the clay. Humorous and symbolic drawings were sometimes incised through the slip to reveal the clay beneath. Finally, a simple ash glaze would be applied thinly, giving the pot a pale jade green or soft grey blue tinge.

In this jar, Yi uses the slip in a spontaneous and fluid way, drawing naive representations of birds through the slip with his fingers. At the same time, the traditional ingredients of Punchong are unchanged: dark clay, white slip, and an ash glaze.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Stoneware, glazed
Brief description
Jar, slip-covered stoneware (punchong) with representations of birds, by Lee Kang-Hyo
Physical description
Stoneware decorated with slip, glazed with ash which provides a pale jade green to soft grey-blue colour.
Dimensions
  • Height: 12in
  • Circumference: 9.5in
  • Length: 10.5in
Style
Marks and inscriptions
Artist's inscription on base of pot
Gallery label
7. JAR, PUNCH'ONG WARE Made by Yi Kang-Hyo (Korean, born 1961) Korea, 2005-6 Slip-covered stoneware FE.3-2006 Given by Bernard and Sue Pucker in Honour of Richard Neustadt [20th century gallery]
Credit line
Given by Bernard and Sue Pucker in Honour of Richard Neustadt
Production
Born 1961. Artist is also sometimes known as Kang-Hyo Lee
Subject depicted
Summary
Yi Kang-hyo, or Kang-Hyo Lee as he is sometimes called, is known for his innovations on traditional Punchong pottery. Indigenous Korean clays are dark in colour and rich in iron oxide, which fires to a deep chocolate brown. White slip was added to coat the brown clay and lighten the colour of the pots. When the pot was dry, the slip could be scraped away to reveal a pattern traced into the clay. Humorous and symbolic drawings were sometimes incised through the slip to reveal the clay beneath. Finally, a simple ash glaze would be applied thinly, giving the pot a pale jade green or soft grey blue tinge.

In this jar, Yi uses the slip in a spontaneous and fluid way, drawing naive representations of birds through the slip with his fingers. At the same time, the traditional ingredients of Punchong are unchanged: dark clay, white slip, and an ash glaze.
Bibliographic reference
Phil Rogers, 'Expressions of Nature: New Work by Kang Hyo Lee', Catalogue, Pucker Gallery, Boston 2006
Collection
Accession number
FE.3-2006

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Record createdMarch 31, 2006
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