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Flask-shaped bottle decorated with peonies

late 15th century
Not on view
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.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • 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
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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