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This type of wide-mouthed bowl was used every day in Korea, not exclusively for tea drinking. But when it was introduced to Japan around the early 1500s, its imperfect appearance, which evokes the aesthetics of <em>wabi-sabi</em>, caused it to be repurposed as a tea bowl. Korean tea bowls were circulated as a item of foreign luxury among Japanese military elites. Many Korean potters were abducted during the Japanese invasions (1592–98). Some settled there, and ended up leading the development of ceramic industry in Japan.
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153399
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Bowl with White-slip Decorations
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153399
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Bowl with White-slip Decorations
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This type of wide-mouthed bowl was used every day in Korea, not exclusively for tea drinking. But when it was introduced to Japan around the early 1500s, its imperfect appearance, which evokes the aesthetics of <em>wabi-sabi</em>, caused it to be repurposed as a tea bowl. Korean tea bowls were circulated as a item of foreign luxury among Japanese military elites. Many Korean potters were abducted during the Japanese invasions (1592–98). Some settled there, and ended up leading the development of ceramic industry in Japan.
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1500s–1600s
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en
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Q79939324
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Ceramic
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Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910)
accession
1986.83
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tec
glazed stoneware
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Bowl with White-slip Decorations (백토 분장무늬 사발 [白土粉裝文碗]), 1500s–1600s. Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910). Glazed stoneware. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edward L. Whittemore Fund, 1986.83
titleInOriginalLanguage
백토 분장무늬 사발 [白土粉裝文碗]
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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
Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review for 1986.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 74, no. 2 (1987): 38–79.
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Mentioned: no. 234, p. 79
citation
Yi, Jong-bong. “The Production of Ceramics in Gijang and Its Significance in the Joseon Dynasty [조선시대 기장지역의 도자기 생산과 의미].” <em>Hanguk minjok munhwa </em>(2009): 3–38.
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Jeong, Dong-ju. From Joseon Rice Bowl to Yido Tea Bowl [조선 막사발과 이도다완]. Paju: Hangil ateu, 2012.
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Hur, Nam-lin. “Korean Tea Bowls (Kōrai Chawan) and Japanese Wabicha: A Story of Acculturation in Premodern Northeast Asia.” <em>Korean Studies</em> 39 (2015): 1–22.
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Kang, Mu-Chang. "A Study on the Characteristics of Japanese Made-to-Order Ceramics and the Transition Process of Busan Waegwanyo Kiln - With a focus on Commissioned Tea Bowls [일본 주문 도자기의 특징과 부산 왜관요 변천과정에 관한 연구 - 주문다완(御本茶碗)을 중심으로]."<em> Hankuk dojahak yeongu </em>17, no. 3 (2020): 5–19.
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Heo, Hyun-Jung. "Resource Supply and Demand of Waegwanyo in the Late Joseon Dynasty [조선후기 왜관요의 자원 수급]." <em>Hangdo busan </em>no. 39 (2020): 205–239.
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Edward L. Whittemore Fund
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2026-05-29 07:55:36.553000
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153399
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Korean Art
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Korean Art
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glazed stoneware
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