Wine bottle with sgraffito foliage design

Artist Unknown, KoreaKorea, Joseon period (1392-1910)

Details

Title: Wine bottle with sgraffito foliage design
Creator: Artist Unknown, Korea
Date Created: Korea, Joseon period (1392-1910)
Location: Korean Peninsula
Physical Dimensions: w16.5 x h32 x d16.5 mm (work)
Label Copy: Buncheong ware features the manipulation of white slip (liquid clay) on a clay body with diverse techniques such as incising, stamping, brushing, or dipping the vessel to create different effects. On this pear-shaped bottle, the decorative scheme is divided into four horizontal sections by double incised lines. The uppermost band appears only in white slip, and the lowermost band is left bare. An incised foliage design sprawls freely across the main register. Above this is a band of lotus petals rendered in sgraffito, a technique in which the surface layer of brushed slip was scraped away to create a pattern and expose a ground—in this case, the clay body—of a contrasting color. The vessel was then coated with a transparent glaze and fired.
Type: Ceramic
External Link: http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2004-sl-1.264/GO2004.9.129.JPG?lasttype=boolean;lastview=thumbnail;resnum=1;sel9=ic_exact;size=20;sort=relevance;start=1;subview=detail;view=entry;rgn1=musart_an;select1=starts;q1=2004%2F1.264
Medium: Stoneware with brushed incised decoration on white slip under colorless glaze

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