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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 143, The Timothy Sainsbury Gallery

Bowl

1400 - 1500 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Stoneware ceramics known as punch'ong were made in Korea between 1400 and 1600. The design on this piece has been inlaid into the surface of the dish. After forming the dish from clay, the potter would have used stamps and carving tools to cut away and impress the pattern. The potter would then apply a creamy coloured liquid clay or slip to the dish. With the excess slip wiped away, the pattern is clearly revealed.


Object details

Object type
Materials and techniques
Thrown, stamped and inlaid Punch'ông stoneware
Brief description
Cer, Korea, Choson, punchong
Physical description
The bowl has stamped and inlaid decoration in white. The interior carries a floral motif in the well, with two bands of repeating chrysanthemum motifs around the walls. The exterior bears a series of continuous ringed lines and a single band of chrysanthmum motifs in white.

Colour: Greyish and white
DimensionsHeight: 8 cm Diameter: 17.5
Style
Credit line
Given by Mr Aubrey Le Blond
Summary
Stoneware ceramics known as punch'ong were made in Korea between 1400 and 1600. The design on this piece has been inlaid into the surface of the dish. After forming the dish from clay, the potter would have used stamps and carving tools to cut away and impress the pattern. The potter would then apply a creamy coloured liquid clay or slip to the dish. With the excess slip wiped away, the pattern is clearly revealed.
Bibliographic references
  • Bernard Rackham.
  • Catalogue of the Le Blond collection of Corean ceramics.
  • London: V&A,
  • 1918.
  • 34.108.
  • Beth McKillop.
  • Korean Art and Design.
  • London: V&A ,
  • 1992.
  • 23.
Collection
Accession number
C.593-1918

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Record createdFebruary 3, 2000
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