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<em>Jar</em>, 17th century. Porcelain with underglaze iron decoration, Height: 13 9/16 in. (34.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, The Peggy N. and Roger G. Gerry Collection, 2004.28.236. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage, Daejon, Korea), CUR.2004.28.236_view1_Heon-Kang_photo_NRICH_edited.jpg)
Jar, 17th century. Porcelain with underglaze iron decoration, Height: 13 9/16 in. (34.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, The Peggy N. and Roger G. Gerry Collection, 2004.28.236. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage, Daejon, Korea), CUR.2004.28.236_view1_Heon-Kang_photo_NRICH_edited.jpg)
<em>Jar</em>, 17th century. Porcelain with underglaze iron decoration, Height: 13 9/16 in. (34.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, The Peggy N. and Roger G. Gerry Collection, 2004.28.236. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage, Daejon, Korea), CUR.2004.28.236_view1_Heon-Kang_photo_NRICH_edited.jpg)

Jar, 17th century. Porcelain with underglaze iron decoration, Height: 13 9/16 in. (34.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, The Peggy N. and Roger G. Gerry Collection, 2004.28.236. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage, Daejon, Korea), CUR.2004.28.236_view1_Heon-Kang_photo_NRICH_edited.jpg)

<em>Jar</em>, 17th century. Porcelain with underglaze iron decoration, Height: 13 9/16 in. (34.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, The Peggy N. and Roger G. Gerry Collection, 2004.28.236. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage, Daejon, Korea), CUR.2004.28.236_view2_Heon-Kang_photo_NRICH.jpg)

Jar, 17th century. Porcelain with underglaze iron decoration, Height: 13 9/16 in. (34.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, The Peggy N. and Roger G. Gerry Collection, 2004.28.236. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage, Daejon, Korea), CUR.2004.28.236_view2_Heon-Kang_photo_NRICH.jpg)

<em>Jar</em>, 17th century. Porcelain with underglaze iron decoration, Height: 13 9/16 in. (34.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, The Peggy N. and Roger G. Gerry Collection, 2004.28.236. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage, Daejon, Korea), CUR.2004.28.236_view3_Heon-Kang_photo_NRICH.jpg)

Jar, 17th century. Porcelain with underglaze iron decoration, Height: 13 9/16 in. (34.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, The Peggy N. and Roger G. Gerry Collection, 2004.28.236. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage, Daejon, Korea), CUR.2004.28.236_view3_Heon-Kang_photo_NRICH.jpg)

<em>Jar</em>, 17th century. Porcelain with underglaze iron decoration, Height: 13 9/16 in. (34.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, The Peggy N. and Roger G. Gerry Collection, 2004.28.236. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage, Daejon, Korea), CUR.2004.28.236_base_view1_Heon-Kang_photo_NRICH.jpg)

Jar, 17th century. Porcelain with underglaze iron decoration, Height: 13 9/16 in. (34.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, The Peggy N. and Roger G. Gerry Collection, 2004.28.236. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage, Daejon, Korea), CUR.2004.28.236_base_view1_Heon-Kang_photo_NRICH.jpg)

<em>Jar</em>, 17th century. Porcelain with underglaze iron decoration, Height: 13 9/16 in. (34.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, The Peggy N. and Roger G. Gerry Collection, 2004.28.236. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage, Daejon, Korea), CUR.2004.28.236_detail_Heon-Kang_photo_NRICH.jpg)

Jar, 17th century. Porcelain with underglaze iron decoration, Height: 13 9/16 in. (34.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, The Peggy N. and Roger G. Gerry Collection, 2004.28.236. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage, Daejon, Korea), CUR.2004.28.236_detail_Heon-Kang_photo_NRICH.jpg)

<em>Jar</em>, 17th century. Porcelain with underglaze iron decoration, Height: 13 9/16 in. (34.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, The Peggy N. and Roger G. Gerry Collection, 2004.28.236. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage, Daejon, Korea), CUR.2004.28.236_base_view2_Heon-Kang_photo_NRICH.jpg)

Jar, 17th century. Porcelain with underglaze iron decoration, Height: 13 9/16 in. (34.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, The Peggy N. and Roger G. Gerry Collection, 2004.28.236. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage, Daejon, Korea), CUR.2004.28.236_base_view2_Heon-Kang_photo_NRICH.jpg)

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Jar

Asian Art

On View: Asian Galleries, South, 2nd floor
By the seventeenth century, porcelain had overtaken stoneware as the ceramic of choice for wealthy Koreans and underglaze brown—once favored for decoration of Buncheong stonewares—enjoyed a brief revival, this time on porcelain vessels. These large, bulbous storage jars were formed by joining two bowls, one inverted on top of the other. The swelling surfaces of the jars give dimension and energy to curvilinear forms, as seen in particular in the swirl of the highly abstracted dragon.
This text refers to these objects: 2004.28.236; 86.139
MEDIUM Porcelain with underglaze iron decoration
  • Place Made: Korea
    • DATES 17th century
    DYNASTY Joseon dynasty
    DIMENSIONS Height: 13 9/16 in. (34.5 cm) Diameter at mouth: 5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm) Diameter at base: 3 7/16 in. (8.8 cm) Diameter at widest point: 15 1/16 in. (38.3 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Asian Art
    ACCESSION NUMBER 2004.28.236
    CREDIT LINE The Peggy N. and Roger G. Gerry Collection
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    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view in Asian Galleries, South, 2nd floor
    CAPTION Jar, 17th century. Porcelain with underglaze iron decoration, Height: 13 9/16 in. (34.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, The Peggy N. and Roger G. Gerry Collection, 2004.28.236. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage, Daejon, Korea), CUR.2004.28.236_view1_Heon-Kang_photo_NRICH_edited.jpg)
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    <em>Jar</em>, 17th century. Porcelain with underglaze iron decoration, Height: 13 9/16 in. (34.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, The Peggy N. and Roger G. Gerry Collection, 2004.28.236. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage, Daejon, Korea), CUR.2004.28.236_view1_Heon-Kang_photo_NRICH_edited.jpg)

    TAGS

    Korea
    Korean
    Asian
    vessel
    ceramic
    underglaze
    grass
    scroll
    Joseon dynasty
    17th century
    Floral
    Iron oxide
    Chowamun
    porcelain

    TAGS

    Korea
    Korean
    Asian
    vessel
    ceramic
    underglaze
    grass
    scroll
    Joseon dynasty
    17th century
    Floral
    Iron oxide
    Chowamun
    porcelain

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