Location

not on view

Fun Fact

Pinholes in the light pinkish glaze were intended to resemble "fawn spots."

Description

Possibly produced in one of the kilns established by the trading office (Waegwan) in Busan, southern Gyeongsang province, this type of bowl with an elongated foot was exported to Japan and circulated as an item of foreign luxury among Japanese tea ware collectors. Pinholes in the light pinkish glaze were intended to resemble "fawn spots."

Provenance

?-1986

Robert W. Moore, Los Angeles, CA

1986

(Christie's, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)

1986-

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Citations

Jeong, Dong-ju. From Joseon Rice Bowl to Yido Tea Bowl [조선 막사발과 이도다완]. Paju: Hangil ateu, 2012.

Hur, Nam-lin. “Korean Tea Bowls (Kōrai Chawan) and Japanese Wabicha: A Story of Acculturation in Premodern Northeast Asia.” Korean Studies 39 (2015): 1–22. www.jstor.org

Kang, Mu-Chang. "A Study on the Characteristics of Japanese Made-to-Order Ceramics and the Transition Process of Busan Waegwanyo Kiln - With a focus on Commissioned Tea Bowls [일본 주문 도자기의 특징과 부산 왜관요 변천과정에 관한 연구 - 주문다완(御本茶碗)을 중심으로]." Hankuk dojahak yeongu 17, no. 3 (2020): 5-19. www.dbpia.co.kr

Heo, Hyun-Jung. "Resource Supply and Demand of Waegwanyo in the Late Joseon Dynasty [조선후기 왜관요의 자원 수급]." Hangdo busan no. 39 (2020): 205-239. www.dbpia.co.kr

Exhibition history

Year in Review for 1986. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 4-March 15, 1987).

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Tea bowl

사기다완 (沙器茶碗)

Korea, Joseon dynasty

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