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Pottery: Unknown
Dragon jar. Porcelain, thrown, painted in cobalt-blue and glazed. This jar has a tall neck and bulbous shoulder and gradually tapers towards the base. Bands of youi-heads in underglaze blue decorate shoulder and foot, and the main part of the body is painted with two four-clawed dragons with staring eyes and sharp teeth chasing a flaming pearl. They are painted in a lively manner, even down to the scales of their bodies. The milky-white glaze has a tinge of pale blue, and a dark-stained crackle. A considerable amount of sand from the firing support has adhered to the base.
History note: Unknown before donor
Given by Dr W.M. Tapp
Height: 42 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1926-07-11) by Tapp, W. M., Dr
18th Century
Choson Dynasty (1392 - 1910)
Circa
1750
-
1800
This piece has the typical form of large jars (hangari) in the later part of the eighteenth century. It was presumably made in the Punwon-ri kilns (which were active from 1752 to 1910). This type of dragon jar, yongjonhang, originally with a cover, was used as a wine container at palace feasts and ancestral ceremonies (see Seoul, Ewha Womans University Museum, 1985, p.100, figs.1-2; and Sekai Toji Zenshu, vol.19, 1980, pl.174, for a related jar with landscape design in the Seoul National Museum).
Decoration
composed of
glaze
Rim
Diameter 15.5 cm
Foot
Diameter 16.2 cm
Throwing
: Porcelain, thrown, painted in cobalt-blue, and glazed
Glazing (coating)
Accession number: C.14-1926
Primary reference Number: 16448
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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