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Source Description
This type of wide-mouthed bowl was used everyday in Korea, not exclusively for tea drinking. But when it was introduced to Japan around the early 16th century, its imperfect appearance evoking the aesthetics of <em>wabi-sabi </em>caused it to be repurposed as tea bowls in Japan. Possibly produced in one of the kilns established by the trading office (Waegwan) in Busan, southern Gyeongsang province, this type of bowl was sold to Japanese elite collectors.
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153898
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Bowl with Stamped Floral Decoration
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153898
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Bowl with Stamped Floral Decoration
description
This type of wide-mouthed bowl was used everyday in Korea, not exclusively for tea drinking. But when it was introduced to Japan around the early 16th century, its imperfect appearance evoking the aesthetics of <em>wabi-sabi </em>caused it to be repurposed as tea bowls in Japan. Possibly produced in one of the kilns established by the trading office (Waegwan) in Busan, southern Gyeongsang province, this type of bowl was sold to Japanese elite collectors.
date
1600s–1700s
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CC0
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CC0
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en
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Q79940308
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Ceramic
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Overall: 8.8 cm (3 7/16 in.)
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Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910)
accession
1988.1056
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tec
glazed ceramic
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Bowl with Stamped Floral Decoration (분청사기 인화무늬 사발 [粉靑沙器印花文碗]), 1600s–1700s. Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910). Glazed ceramic; overall: 8.8 cm (3 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Mrs. H. R. Cash, M.D., 1988.1056
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분청사기 인화무늬 사발 [粉靑沙器印花文碗]
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Korean Art
didYouKnow
This type of humble tea bowl was highly praised among Japanese collectors for its imperfect beauty.
citations
citation
Park, Kyung-ja and Park Hyeong-soon. “Evolution of the Buncheong Wares in the Early Joseon Period as the White Porcelain Takes over the Taxation Supply [조선 전기 공납용 백자제작에 따른 분청사기 양식변화].” <em>Misul sahak</em> (2010): 291–321.
citation
Lee, So-young, and Seung-chang Jeon. <em>Korean Buncheong Ceramics from the Leeum Samsung Museum of Art</em>. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2011.
citation
<em>Buncheong Ware </em>[분청사기]. Seoul: Ehwa Woman’s Universtiry Museum, 2019.
creditline
Bequest of Mrs. H. R. Cash, M.D.
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2026-06-18 20:30:53.277000
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153898
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Korean Art
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Korean Art
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glazed ceramic
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