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

Vase

ca. 2008 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Park Young Sook is one of South Korea's leading ceramic artists. She is particularly known for her work in white porcelain, which is infused with her deep awareness of and compassion for Korea's ceramic heritage.

Her elegant white ceramics recall the pure white ceramics produced in the Choson period in Korea (1392-1910). The influence of Confucian ideals at this time promoted a restrained aesthetic in which pure white ceramics found favour.

While her work looks back to the richness of Korea's ceramic tradition, this is balanced by her own desire to produce pieces that are made to be used and enjoyed within contemporary spaces. This elegant vase achieves exactly this ideal.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain, thrown and glazed
Brief description
White baluster porcelain vase, made by Park Young Sook, South Korea, ca. 2008.
Physical description
Baluster vase in white porcelain. Curved profile broadest at shoulders with short near-cylindrical neck with out-turned lip.
Dimensions
  • Height: 23.5cm
  • Shoulder diameter: 16cm
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
Single character in underglaze blue on base
Summary
Park Young Sook is one of South Korea's leading ceramic artists. She is particularly known for her work in white porcelain, which is infused with her deep awareness of and compassion for Korea's ceramic heritage.

Her elegant white ceramics recall the pure white ceramics produced in the Choson period in Korea (1392-1910). The influence of Confucian ideals at this time promoted a restrained aesthetic in which pure white ceramics found favour.

While her work looks back to the richness of Korea's ceramic tradition, this is balanced by her own desire to produce pieces that are made to be used and enjoyed within contemporary spaces. This elegant vase achieves exactly this ideal.
Collection
Accession number
FE.65-2008

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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