Tea bowl
1700s
Maker Unknown
Korean Art
Tea bowl, 1700s. Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392-1910). Glazed stoneware; diameter of mouth: 13.7 cm (5 3/8 in.); overall: 11 cm (4 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edward L. Whittemore Fund 1986.84 Possibly produced in one of the kilns established by the trading office (Waegwan) in Busan, southern Gyeongsang province, this type of bowl with an elongated foot was exported to Japan and circulated as an item of foreign luxury among Japanese tea ware collectors. Pinholes in the light pinkish glaze were intended to resemble "fawn spots." Pinholes in the light pinkish glaze were intended to resemble "fawn spots."
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Ceramic
- Formatted Medium
- glazed stoneware
- Dimensions
- Diameter of mouth: 13.7 cm (5 3/8 in.); Overall: 11 cm (4 5/16 in.)
- Departments
- Korean Art
- Accession Number
- 1986.84
- Credit Line
- Edward L. Whittemore Fund
- Exhibitions
- Year in Review for 1986
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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