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

Lidded bowl with stamp design

Funerary Urn
600-700 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This stoneware vessel is decorated with stamped designs in a manner popular in the Unified Silla period. A lid with a circular knob and outward-flaring rim forms a set with a hemispherical body with a low foot. Stamped patterns feature densely over the whole vessel, except for the knob and the foot. The middle and lower parts of the lid and bowl are adorned with a combination of gouged dots and diamond shapes. The upper part of the bowl is encircled by two incised lines below which cicada-shaped patterns feature at regular intervals. The clay body contains a high proportion of sand particles and is relatively rough. It has fired a greyish-blue colour. The foot slants slightly outwards and bears marks of having been smoothed with a wet hand after having been trimmed with a blade.



Object details

Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Bowl
  • Lids
TitleLidded bowl with stamp design (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Thrown, stamped, fired Stoneware
Brief description
Lidded bowl with stamp design, thrown, stamped and fired stoneware, made in Korea,600-700, United Silla
Dimensions
  • Height: 13.1cm
Style
Credit line
Given by Mr Aubrey Le Blond
Subject depicted
Summary
This stoneware vessel is decorated with stamped designs in a manner popular in the Unified Silla period. A lid with a circular knob and outward-flaring rim forms a set with a hemispherical body with a low foot. Stamped patterns feature densely over the whole vessel, except for the knob and the foot. The middle and lower parts of the lid and bowl are adorned with a combination of gouged dots and diamond shapes. The upper part of the bowl is encircled by two incised lines below which cicada-shaped patterns feature at regular intervals. The clay body contains a high proportion of sand particles and is relatively rough. It has fired a greyish-blue colour. The foot slants slightly outwards and bears marks of having been smoothed with a wet hand after having been trimmed with a blade.

Bibliographic references
  • McKillop, Beth. Korean Art and Design. London : V&A, 1992. 3.
  • Rackham, Bernard. catalogue of the le blond collection of Corean pottery at the V&A. London : V&A, 1918. 1.
  • National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage. Daejeon: National Research Institue of Cultural Heritage, 2013, pp. 46-47.
Collection
Accession number
C.488&A-1918

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Record createdFebruary 3, 2000
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