Tea bowl with incised line

Accession Number
2004/1.216

Title
Tea bowl with incised line

Artist(s)
Korean

Artist Nationality
Korean (culture or style)

Object Creation Date
10th century

Medium & Support
stoneware with celadon glaze

Dimensions
2 5/8 x 6 3/16 x 6 3/16 in. (6.6 x 15.6 x 15.6 cm)

Credit Line
Gift of Bruce and Inta Hasenkamp and Museum purchase made possible by Elder and Mrs. Sang-Yong Nam

Label copy
This exquisite bowl is a wonderful example of the adage that less is more. Its beauty lies in its shape, with steeply angled sides that flare ever so slightly at the rim. The thin glaze is even and smooth.
Celadons of such perfection were destined for use by nobles or monks. Bowls were used both for serving food and drinking tea.

Subject matter
Tea bowl.

Physical Description

This celadon bowl is of the same form as those excavated from the Kiln no. 10 at Yongun-ri, Gangjin-gun, Jeollanam-do. It has a narrow foot and a slightly everted mouth. There is no decoration except a single line incised around the inner surface nearby the rim. The glaze was oxidized and shows partial yellowish brown tints but is well fused in general, while the clay is well sintered. Six refractory spur marks are left on the rim of the short foot.
[Korean Collection, University of Michigan Museum of Art (2014) p.89]

Stoneware tea bowl with celadon glaze and line incised horizontally below the rim.

Primary Object Classification
Ceramic

Primary Object Type
bowl

Additional Object Classification(s)
Decorative Arts

Collection Area
Asian

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Keywords
bowls (vessels)
celadon (glaze)
ceramics (object genre)
stoneware (pottery)

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