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

Vessel

1992-1993 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This unglazed stoneware vessel by Ko Sung-jong was one of 12 pieces donated by their makers to the V&A in 1994. These were chosen by eminent Korean potter and professor Shin Sang-ho, whose own work the Museum has been collecting since 1991.

The vessel has the appearance of a sack. The heavily potted base contrasts with the sharper, crisp, crumpled-paper effect of the extremely thin clay at the opening. Irregular throwing rings around the body are suggestive of the porcelains of the Choson dynasty (1392–1910), with their uneven potting outlines.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Unglazed stoneware
Brief description
Vessel, unglazed stoneware, made by Ko Sung-jong, Korea, 1992-3
Dimensions
  • Height: 25.5cm
  • Diameter: 24cm
Credit line
Given by the artist
Summary
This unglazed stoneware vessel by Ko Sung-jong was one of 12 pieces donated by their makers to the V&A in 1994. These were chosen by eminent Korean potter and professor Shin Sang-ho, whose own work the Museum has been collecting since 1991.

The vessel has the appearance of a sack. The heavily potted base contrasts with the sharper, crisp, crumpled-paper effect of the extremely thin clay at the opening. Irregular throwing rings around the body are suggestive of the porcelains of the Choson dynasty (1392–1910), with their uneven potting outlines.
Bibliographic reference
Wilson, Verity (ed), "Celebrating Twenty-Five Years of the Far Eastern Collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum" in Orientations, 26.10 (1995), p. 54, fig. 4.
Collection
Accession number
FE.41-1994

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Record createdFebruary 3, 2000
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