Koeran wine bottle with scroll work

An image of Wine bottle with scroll work. Unknown pottery, South Ch'ungch'ong province, Kongju-gun, Hakpong-ri kilns. The bottle has a flared mouth with rolled (restored) rim, a wide pear-shaped body and a low foot. Except for the lower part, the surface is brushed overall with white slip. Three lines are incised around neck, shoulder and the widest part of the body. A scrollwork design is painted with swift broad brush strokes in rich brown iron-oxide. The clay body has a greenish-grey, the glaze a bluish-grey colour, and sand from the floor of the kiln adheres to the footring. Stoneware, thrown, brushed with white slip, incised, painted in iron-oxide and punch'ong-glazed, height, whole, 14.2 cm, diameter, rim, 3.9 cm, diameter, foot, 5.6 cm, circa 1500-1550. Choson Dynasty. Production Notes: The piece can be considered as a product of the Hakpong-ri kilns from the early sixteenth century.

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Wine bottle with scroll work. Unknown pottery, South Ch'ungch'ong province, Kongju-gun, Hakpong-ri kilns. The bottle has a flared mouth with rolled (restored) rim, a wide pear-shaped body and a low foot. Except for the lower part, the surface is brushed overall with white slip. Three lines are incised around neck, shoulder and the widest part of the body. A scrollwork design is painted with swift broad brush strokes in rich brown iron-oxide. The clay body has a greenish-grey, the glaze a bluish-grey colour, and sand from the floor of the kiln adheres to the footring. Stoneware, thrown, brushed with white slip, incised, painted in iron-oxide and punch'ong-glazed, height, whole, 14.2 cm, diameter, rim, 3.9 cm, diameter, foot, 5.6 cm, circa 1500-1550. Choson Dynasty. Production Notes: The piece can be considered as a product of the Hakpong-ri kilns from the early sixteenth century.

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Accession Number: C.126-1984
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 780 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 212.83kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2013:04:22 23:06:12

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