Preserve Jar with Lid
Korean
Description
In the late Joseon period, lidded jars such as this one were kept in every household in Korea to store homemade pickles and condiments. This is an especially handsome example: the dark brown glaze has been dripped over the pot from above, allowing it to flow unevenly so that the lighter clay body shows through in an unpredictable pattern.
Maribeth Graybill, The Enduring Art of the Korean Potter, December 12, 2004-November 6, 2005
Subject Matter:
In the late Joseon period, lidded jars such as this one were kept in every household in Korea to store homemade pickles and condiments. This is an especially handsome example.
Physical Description:
Dark brown glaze has been dripped over the pot from above, allowing it to flow unevenly so that the lighter clay body shows through in an unpredictable pattern. The jar appears rounded in gradations, and has a small circular lid, as well as base.
This jar is made of white clay and coated with brown-black glaze. No glaze was applied to the inner surface of the lid or the rim of the jar with which the lid comes into contact. The shoulder is incised with a wave design, while an incised line also surrounds the upper part of the body. The glaze is well fused to form a glossy surface. The jar is almost intact.
[Korean Collection, University of Michigan Museum of Art (2014) p.213]
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