Accession Number
2004/1.269

Title
Buncheong Ware Drinking Bowl

Artist(s)
Korean

Artist Nationality
Korean (culture or style)

Object Creation Date
17th century

Medium & Support
stoneware with white slip under celadon glaze

Dimensions
2 9/16 x 5 7/8 x 5 7/8 in. (6.5 x 14.9 x 14.9 cm)

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

Physical Description
This is a whitel porcelain bowl with a flaring rim. The high iron content of clay and glaze used in white porcelain in the 17th century following the Japanese Invasion of Korea in 1592 (Imjim Warran) resulted in dark color of body, as it appears in this bowl. The foot features traces of coarse sand supports, while there are four sand spur marks on the inner bottom, suggesting that the bowl was stacked among other bowls during firing. Glaze running had formed on the outer surface in some parts and oxidized glaze tinged the overall surface with light yellow.
[Korean Collection, University of Michigan Museum of Art (2014) p.162]

Primary Object Classification
Ceramic

Primary Object Type
bowl

Additional Object Classification(s)
Decorative Arts

Collection Area
Asian

Rights
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Keywords
bowls (vessels)
ceramic (material)
porcelain (visual works)
stoneware (pottery)