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Wine Flask with Incised and Sgraffito Peony Design
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About this work
Produced in both central and provincial kilns during during the 1400s–1500s, buncheong (literally means "powdered green"), like this wine flask commonly feature gray-green glaze due to the usage of less processed and refined clay high in iron. Many experimental techniques such as white slip, inlay, stamping, and incising, which had been explored and perfected in the Goryeo period, were also adopted for buncheong pottery. The artist for this work extensively used the incising technique to draw both floral and abstract patterns.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineWine Flask with Incised and Sgraffito Peony Design (분청사기 박지 모란무늬 편병 [粉靑沙器剝地牡丹文扁甁]), 1500s. Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910). Stoneware with incised design (Buncheong ware); overall: 22.6 cm (8 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John L. Severance, 1921.649