Accession Number
2004/1.266

Title
Buncheong ware small dish with spiral design

Artist(s)
Korean

Artist Nationality
Korean (culture or style)

Object Creation Date
15th century

Medium & Support
stoneware with incised design filled with white slip

Dimensions
1 13/16 x 4 3/16 x 4 3/16 in. (4.6 x 10.5 x 10.5 cm)

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

Physical Description
This dish is decorated only on the inner wall with white inlaid design of several concentric circles. Many of inlaid buncheong ware of this type, with simple decorations, was found in the waste deposit of buncheong kilns in the areas of Ui-dong and Gwanaksan Mountain in the vicinity of Seoul. The foot is unglazed, revealing the clay body, and there remain three spur marks. The glaze is pale blue-green in color and it is well-fired.
[Korean Collection, University of Michigan Museum of Art (2014) p.151]

Primary Object Classification
Ceramic

Primary Object Type
dish

Additional Object Classification(s)
Decorative Arts

Collection Area
Asian

Rights
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Keywords
Punch'ong
ceramic (material)
dishes (object genre)
inlays (decorations)
stoneware (pottery)