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Vase

first half of 15th century

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Object Label

This vase illustrates the revival of Goryeo-period celadon technology in the early Joseon dynasty. While the technique of carving designs and filling them with black and white slip remained roughly the same as that of the preceding dynasty, the lines of the design are thicker and less controlled than in Goryeo inlay. The color of the celadon glaze is now much browner, as a result of impurities in the glaze or of less control over firing conditions. The hand-drawn rendering of the cranes seated on willow trees has a naïve charm seen in many later Buncheong wares.

Caption

Vase, first half of 15th century. Buncheong ware, stoneware with inlaid black and white slips, Height: 9 15/16 in. (25.3 cm) Diameter at mouth: 2 1/16 in. (5.3 cm) Diameter at base: 3 7/16 in. (8.8 cm) Diameter at widest point: 6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, The Peggy N. and Roger G. Gerry Collection, 2004.28.104. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage, Daejon, Korea))

Collection

Asian Art

Title

Vase

Date

first half of 15th century

Dynasty

Joseon dynasty

Geography

Place made: Korea

Medium

Buncheong ware, stoneware with inlaid black and white slips

Classification

Ceramic

Dimensions

Height: 9 15/16 in. (25.3 cm) Diameter at mouth: 2 1/16 in. (5.3 cm) Diameter at base: 3 7/16 in. (8.8 cm) Diameter at widest point: 6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm)

Credit Line

The Peggy N. and Roger G. Gerry Collection

Accession Number

2004.28.104

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