Jar with Chrysanthemums Artist: Unknown

15th century

Asian Art

On view, 2nd floor, Asian Art

Characterized by the use of white slip and inlaid and stamped designs, Buncheong ware is a uniquely Korean ceramic type that was produced in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Buncheong wares were used ceremonially at the court, in temples, and as tablewares. This jar shape is often called a "placenta jar," suggesting that it served a ceremonial function during childbirth. It remains unclear whether the shape was designed for that purpose or was originally intended for wine or grain storage.

Medium

Stoneware with stamped rope-curtain pattern and inlaid white slip (Buncheong ware)

Dimensions

10 7/8 × 5 1/4 in. (27.62 × 13.34 cm)

Credit Line

Yung G. Wang Family Endowment Fund

Accession Number

2017.71.1a-c

Geography

Korea

Culture

Korean

Period

Joseon dynasty (1392–1910)

Classification

Containers

Disclaimer

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Provenance
Robert W. Moore Collection; sale Bonhams, New York, March 15, 2017, lot 7039; sold to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2017
Bibliography
  • Namwon Jang and Youn-mi Kim, "History of Collecting Korean Ceramics in America and the Yale University Art Collections," Arts of Asia (March–April 2018), 115, fig. 22
  • "Acquisitions July 1, 2016–June 30, 2017," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (December 1, 2017), 20
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

jars, stoneware

Subject

Chrysanthemum (genus)

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