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Bottle Inlaid with Peony and Scroll Design

Date

1400s

Medium

stoneward with inlaid, incised, and sgraffito design (Buncheong ware)

Culture

Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910)

Department

Korean Art

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

Produced in both central and provincial kilns during during the 1400s–1500s, Buncheong (literally means "powdered green"), like this wine bottle commonly feature gray-green glaze due to the usage of less processed and refined clay high in iron. Many experimental techniques: white slip, inlay, stamping, and incising, which had been explored and perfected by Goryeo-period artists, were also adopted for bucheong pottery, yet resulting bold and whimsical visual impacts, completely different from elegant and refined Goryeo celadons. The term buncheong , which refers to this type of pottery, means "powdered gray-green glazed ceramics.”

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