Pottery: Unknown (Possibly)
Large jar with dragon design. Porcelain, thrown, painted in iron-brown, and glazed. This large jar (hangari) has a globular body shaped like a ginkgo fruit, a narrow base and a rolled rim. The body shows horizontal marks from throwing and a rib in the centre where it was luted together. The decoration, which is in underglaze iron-oxide, consists of a single rather humorously rendered dragon in pursuit of a pearl, among stylised clouds. A greyish-blue glaze covers the heavy, thick body, leaving patches unglazed; the footring shows traces of a sandy support.
History note: Formerly in the Tapp collection
Given by Mrs J.A. Venn in memory of the late Professor Sir W. Ridgeway
Method of acquisition: Given (1926) by Venn, J. A.
17th Century#
Choson Dynasty (1392 - 1910)
Circa
1650
CE
-
1700
CE
In Korea the dragon motif was often simplified and stylised, conveying the idea rather than depicting the animal in detail. The bold brushwork is reminiscent of paintings of Bodhidharma by the seventeenth-century painter Kim Myongguk. This jar would probably have been used as a wine jar at feasts. Recently, sherds of similar jars have been found at Sindae-ri, a kiln site known to have been active from 1665 to 1676, and at Chiwol-ri, which was active in the following decade, both situated in Kwangju, Kyonggi province. A similar but finer jar is in the collection of the Seoul National Museum, see Sekai Toji Zenshu, vol.19, 1980, pl.188.
Sindae-ri or Chiwol-ri ware.
Decoration
composed of
glaze
Jar
composed of
porcelain
Height 34.5 cm
Foot
Diameter 15.3 cm
Rim
Diameter 17.5 cm
Accession number: C.17-1926
Primary reference Number: 16431
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Jar" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/16431 Accessed: 2024-11-25 09:18:02
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/16431
|title=Jar
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-25 09:18:02|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:
https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/objects/object-16431
Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...