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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Vase

2003 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

The construction of this piece employs a marbling technique mastered by Korean potters during the Koryo period (918-1392) known as yeollimun. Roe has revived this difficult technique, tempering and combining clays of different colours. His work engages with the richness of the Koryo tradition while embracing a modernist simplicity.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Stoneware, marbled, cut and unglazed
Brief description
Rectangular vase made with slabs of marbled clay using the yeollimun technique (marbling).
Physical description
Stoneware vessel, marbled and unglazed. Reddish clay, the vertical edges embellished with white and natural clay inlay, triangular cut-out at centre of each base edge, recessed base.
Dimensions
  • Depth: 23cm
  • Height: 32cm
Production typeUnique
Credit line
Given by the artist
Summary
The construction of this piece employs a marbling technique mastered by Korean potters during the Koryo period (918-1392) known as yeollimun. Roe has revived this difficult technique, tempering and combining clays of different colours. His work engages with the richness of the Koryo tradition while embracing a modernist simplicity.
Bibliographic references
  • Roe Kyung Joe: From Canvas to Ceramic. Galerie Besson, 25 April to 24 May 2007
  • Choi Kun, 'Beauty of Simplicity: the physical and spirtual elements of Roe Kyung-jo's contemporary ceramics', Ceramics Technical, 20:2005, pp.25-28
Collection
Accession number
FE.428-2007

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Record createdAugust 1, 2007
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