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Source Description
This small jar may have been used as a container for powdered tea among Japanese tea drinkers. Possibly produced in one of the kilns established by the trading office (Waegwan) in Busan, southern Gyeongsang province, it was sold to Japanese tea bowl collectors. According to a historical record dated to 1641, one trading boat shipped more than 14,000 tea bowls to Japan.
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Document identity
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103739
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Jar with Stamped Decoration
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103739
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object
title
Jar with Stamped Decoration
description
This small jar may have been used as a container for powdered tea among Japanese tea drinkers. Possibly produced in one of the kilns established by the trading office (Waegwan) in Busan, southern Gyeongsang province, it was sold to Japanese tea bowl collectors. According to a historical record dated to 1641, one trading boat shipped more than 14,000 tea bowls to Japan.
date
1400s
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
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Q79508835
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Ceramic
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Outer diameter: 14 cm (5 1/2 in.); Overall: 9.1 cm (3 9/16 in.)
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Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910)
accession
1921.678
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stoneware with incised design, white slip, and overglaze
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Jar with Stamped Decoration (분청사기 상감 사발 [粉靑沙器象嵌文碗]), 1400s. Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910). Stoneware with incised design, white slip, and overglaze; outer diameter: 14 cm (5 1/2 in.); overall: 9.1 cm (3 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John L. Severance, 1921.678
titleInOriginalLanguage
분청사기 상감 사발 [粉靑沙器象嵌文碗]
collection
Korean Art
didYouKnow
This little jar was part of the gift donated by John L. Severance (1863–1936). He and his father Louis H. Severance (1838–1913) collected Korean ceramics of the Goryeo dynasty (918–1392) from a number of pioneering medical missionaries as a way to foster their activities in Korea, and later donated them to the Cleveland Museum of Art.
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
<em>Treasures from Korea: Arts and Culture of the Joseon Dynasty, 1392-1910</em>. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2014.
citation
<em>Buncheong Ware </em>[분청사기]. Seoul: Ehwa Woman’s Universtiry Museum, 2019.
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Gift of John L. Severance
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2026-05-29 05:36:00.508000
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103739
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Korean Art
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Korean Art
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stoneware with incised design, white slip, and overglaze
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