Accession Number
2004/1.261

Title
Buncheong ware bowl with stamped and incised designs in white slip

Artist(s)
Korean

Artist Nationality
Korean (culture or style)

Object Creation Date
15th century

Medium & Support
stoneware with stamped and inlaid designs under celadon glaze

Dimensions
2 7/8 x 7 1/4 x 7 1/4 in. (7.3 x 18.3 x 18.3 cm)

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

Physical Description

The decoration technique of stamping designs into vessel’s surface and filling them with a white slip was continued from Goryeo celadon to buncheong ware. Three or four horizontal lines of chrysanthemum run around the rim. There are three spur marks on the inner base: this is the result of stacking vessels on top of one another during ring, separated by supports. Coarse grains of sand are stuck on the outer base and foot. The clay used for this bowl is fine and contains small amount of sand, while the glaze is pale green in color and well fused. Despite having become warped in the kiln, this bowl well illustrates the crude yet solid characteristics of buncheong ware.
[Korean Collection, University of Michigan Museum of Art (2014) p.146]

Primary Object Classification
Ceramic

Primary Object Type
bowl

Additional Object Classification(s)
Decorative Arts

Collection Area
Asian

Rights
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Keywords
Chrysanthemum (genus)
Punch'ong
bowls (vessels)
ceramic (material)
stamping (marking)
stoneware (pottery)