The technique used to create the peony design here—incising outlines and carving away the white slip to create the background—is characteristic of buncheong ware produced in Jeolla Province.
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분청사기 박지 모란 무늬 편병 조선 粉靑沙器剝地牡丹文扁甁 朝鮮
Title:Flask-shaped bottle decorated with peonies
Period:Joseon dynasty (1392–1910)
Date:late 15th century
Culture:Korea
Medium:Buncheong ware with incised and sgraffito design
Dimensions:H. 8 1/4 in. (21 cm); Diam. 7 in. (17.8 cm)
Classification:Ceramics
Credit Line:Rogers Fund, 1986
Object Number:1986.305
[ Christie's, New York
, The Robert Moore Collection of Fine and Important Korean Ceramics, October 16, 1986, lot 85 to MMA]
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