Buncheong Flat Bottle with Incised Fish Design

Basic information

Designation

National Treasure No.178

Category

Craft

Era

조선시대(16세기)

Designated year

1974

Location

용산구, 서울특별시— 서울특별시 용산구 서빙고로 137 (용산동6가, 국립중앙박물관)

Coordinates

37.524041, 126.980350

This type of plat porcelain dish was produced primarily during the early Joseon Dynasty. It has a height of 22.6cm, mouth diameter of 4.5cm and base diameter of 8.7cm. The middle of two of the sides, front and back, is flat and low. The seal characters engraved on it are blunt. White mud and hand-carved flower patterns give this dish its transparent light blue color. There are different patterns on the front, back and side: 1. Two fish at the front and back. 2. Different composition patterns on the front, back, and sides. The fish pattern of it is originally of buncheong used johwasubeop (cutting skill of flowers patterns), which means the artistic handicraft of expressing white tracks: sketching patterns on porcelain dishes in white mud before scratching the white earth from the surface. Both sides are divided into three parts. There are peony flower patterns on the top and middle, and plaintains below. The exterior of it is ash blue with a little green clearing the comparison between the part of white mud and that of non-white mud.

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