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his bowl is stamped, carved, and inlaid with designs
Tunder buncheong glaze. The inner lip is banded with a
register of what may be stylized grasses. Below that, tightly
packed, vertical cord-like designs predominate the bowl, fol-
lowed by registers of lotus petals, butterflies or moths, anoth-
er wide band of the cord-like pattern, and finally a chrysan-
themum flower in the center. The outside surface of the bowl
is undecorated at the lip, under which is a band of stylized
grasses followed by more of the cord design that extends to
just above where the foot starts. The base within the footrim
has impressions of several hastily stamped chrysanthemum
designs and a thin coat of white slip.

Buncheong wares were the successors of inlaid Goryeo cela-
dons. They were produced during the first two centuries of
the Joseon dynasty. The term, buncheong, meaning “powder
green,” refers to the grayish-green tinted glaze. The wares
were decorated under the glaze by inlaying with white slip
into depressions that were either incised or stamped. White
44. slip could also be brushed onto the body (see cat. 47). Ex-
Bowl amples made during the transition from inlaid celadon to
15th century, Joseon buncheong continued to employ black inlay, but the sole use
TL results: fired between 400 & 700 years ago of white slip became the norm by the second half of the fif-
Stoneware with inlaid designs under buncheong glaze teenth century.
H: 8.3 cm, W: 19.3 cm
Courtesy of Daewon Kwon and Chong J. Kwon

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