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백자 청화 꽃 무늬 대접 조선 白磁靑畫花文大楪 朝鮮
Title:Bowl with floral and abstract motifs and hangeul inscription
Period:Joseon dynasty (1392–1910)
Date:dated 1847
Culture:Korea
Medium:Porcelain with underglaze cobalt-blue design
Dimensions:H. 4 5/16 in. (10.6 cm); Diam. 7 3/8 in. (18.9 cm); Diam. of foot 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm)
Classification:Ceramics
Credit Line:Purchase, Friends of Asian Art Gifts, 2010
Accession Number:2010.174
Inscription: "Made in the year of Jeongmi [the cyclical date corresponding to 1847], for [use on the occasion of the royal wedding banquet of] Queen Sunhwagung [second wife of King Heonjong, r. 1834–49]; thirty [of these bowls were made] for Jungso, [the residential quarters of certain groups of court officials]."
뎡 미 가 례 시 순 화 궁 요 간 이 듕 쇼 삼 듁
Private collection , Japan (early 1980s–2010; to Christie's); [sale, Christie's, New York , March 24, 2010, lot 654; to MMA]
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