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- Jar with Wild Plants in Underglaze Blue
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Jar with Wild Plants in Underglaze Blue
- Museum No.
- GK396
Photo No：812-20423-1
Color type：Color
| Title | Jar with Wild Plants in Underglaze Blue |
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| Category | Ceramics (G), Korean Ceramics |
| Country | Korea |
| Period | Joeson |
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| Dimensions | Height 27.5cm Base diameter 14.5cm Mouth diameter 13.3cm |
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| Donor | Kasakawa Masaaki |
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This vase has a relatively short neck for its height and tapers at the waist. The body is decorated with designs of wild pinks, orchids, and daisies painted in blue gosu (cobalt oxide) pigment. These wild flowers, called akikusa-de (autumn plant designs) in Japanese, were popular motifs in mid-Yi Dynasty Korea and were commonly used on ceramic vases, square trays, brush-pen cases, sake pitchers, and the like.
The body was first formed on a potter*s wheel and then finished by hand. The flower design was painted in smoky gosu pigment and coated with a whitish, smoky glaze. The bottom of the vase was baked on sand in the kiln, giving it a rough surface. The wide space around the central motif effectively expresses a touch of loneliness.
This piece is assumed to have been made at the official kiln in Kumsari, Namchongmyon, Gwangju-gun County, Kyonggi-do Province. It is one of the representative works of Korean ceramics with an autumn plants design in Japan.
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