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buncheong wine bottle

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

Korean pear-shaped bottles were based on the Chinese prototype known as yuhuchun bottle, but they were often embellished in local decorative tradition. Produced during the early Joseon dynasty (1392-1910), this buncheong bottle is ornate using the inlay (sanggam) technique whereby its dry clay body was engraved with a design then the grooves filled with white slip. Once the glaze was applied, the bottle was fired to reveal the final design.


Object details

Category
Object type
Titles
  • buncheong wine bottle (generic title)
  • 분청상감연화모란유문병 (published title)
  • 주병 (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Thrown and inlaid stoneware (buncheong)
Brief description
Buncheong wine bottle with flared mouth and long neck, inlaid in white with willow and floral motifs
Physical description
The pear-shaped bottle has a flaring mouth and shallow, uneven footring. The body is decorated in white inlay with a willow, a peony spray and a lotus spray. The neck is adorned with a band of overlapping lotus petals and a double line border is inlaid around the foot. The vessel is coated with a green-greyish glaze, and presents several firing faults around the body.

Colour: Greenish grey and white
Dimensions
  • Height: 30.9cm
  • Foot diameter: 9.7cm (Note: Foot diameter: 9.7cm Mouth diameter: 8.0cm)
Style
Summary
Korean pear-shaped bottles were based on the Chinese prototype known as yuhuchun bottle, but they were often embellished in local decorative tradition. Produced during the early Joseon dynasty (1392-1910), this buncheong bottle is ornate using the inlay (sanggam) technique whereby its dry clay body was engraved with a design then the grooves filled with white slip. Once the glaze was applied, the bottle was fired to reveal the final design.
Collection
Accession number
FE.1-1981

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Record createdFebruary 3, 2000
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