Bottle with peony leaves, second half 15th century
Unknown Koreanexpand_more
Buncheong ware; earthenware with sgraffito design underglazeexpand_more
Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundationexpand_more 2015.79.493
On View in Gallery 206expand_more
This Buncheong bottle is an example of sgraffito design. Potters first brushed the surface with white slip (liquid clay); after it dried to a leatherlike hardness, they incised the design with fine lines, and certain areas were carved away. In this manner, the decorative motif in white—in this case a scrolling peony-leaf design—stands out dramatically against the darker clay. Finally, a thin glaze was applied.
Details
- Title
- Bottle with peony leaves
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2015.79.493
- Catalogue Raisonne
- Murase, Art through a Lifetime, no. 908
- Curator Approved
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