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

Onggi Jar

1991-1992 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

One of a set of eight contemporary onggi jars with lids. Each has a stoneware body, a brown shiny glaze on all outer and inner surfaces and a flat base which is unglazed with some kiln glaze adhering. Colour: red-brown.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Jar
  • Lid
Materials and techniques
Stoneware, glazed
Brief description
Storage jar for pickles and sauces, stoneware with a dark brown glaze, made by Pak Na-sôp, Korea, 1991-2
Physical description
One of a set of eight contemporary onggi jars with lids. Each has a stoneware body, a brown shiny glaze on all outer and inner surfaces and a flat base which is unglazed with some kiln glaze adhering. Colour: red-brown.
Dimensions
  • Height: 25.5cm
  • Diameter: 24.5cm
Object history
Pak Na-sôp was born and brought up in the south-west region of the Korean peninsula. He was not University trained, but instead learnt his skills directly from his father and began producing onggi jars at the age of fifteen. He follows the traditional method of onggi jar making in which glazed earthenware vessels are fired in a wood-burning kiln over several days.
Collection
Accession number
FE.440:1, 2-1992

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Record createdApril 6, 2000
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