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Korean

Jar, 1700s

Now On View

Description

Maker

Unknown

Culture

Korean

Title

Jar

Year

1700s

Medium

Stoneware with copper-red and iron-brown pigments and glaze

Materials/Techniques

Materials

clay products

Dimensions

19.7 cm (7 11/16 inches) (height)

Place

Korea, Joseon Dynasty, 1392–1910

Type

Ceramics

Credit

Gift of Miss Ellen D. Sharpe

Object Number

27.005

Exhibition History

Asian Art Galleries

Adorning the surface of this modest jar are plum designs painted in a few bold calligraphic strokes. During the Joseon period, minimally decorated white ceramics were favored by the ruling elite, as they embodied Confucian ideals of restraint and purity.

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