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his dish is nearly completely coated in white slip under
Tbuncheong glaze, including the base within the footrim.
Greenish tinges in the glaze are apparent where the “powder-
green” glaze has pooled. A few gaps in the slip on the outer
wall of the vessel reveal the grayish color characteristic of
buncheong wares where the slip has been carved away. The
center of the dish has five kiln scars where clay pads were
placed directly on top of the dish so that another could be
fired on top in a stacked fashion. A round arch from the foot-
rim of the dish fired above this dish can also be seen. The
footrim has adhesions of kiln grit.
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Dish Due to the preference for white porcelain starting in the fif-
16th century, Joseon teenth century, buncheong wares were being dipped in white
TL results: fired between 400 & 700 years ago slip to imitate the more prestigious material by the sixteenth
Stoneware coated in white slip under buncheong glaze century. The slip could either be left plain, some with a thick
H: 5.2 cm, W: 15.9 cm
coat to imitate white porcelain, as in this example, or decorated
by incising or scraping away the surface to reveal the darker
body material underneath.

The collector recalls this dish being used in his family to serve
food on special occasions, such as birthdays.

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