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Bottle: C.260-2015

Object information

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Maker(s)

Maker: Choi, Sung Jae

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Description

Rectangular hand built stoneware bottle. Coated with a white slip and decorated with finger drawing and incising in traditional Bunchong style

Legal notes

Given by Sung Jae Choi

Place(s) associated

  • Seoul ⪼ Korea

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (2015) by Choi, Sung Jae

Dating

21st Century, Early
Production date: circa AD 2014

Note

A member of the International Academy of Ceramics, Choi Song Jae is one of Korea's foremost potters, who has exhibited widely especially in the USA. His work is held in over twenty important museum collections worldwide, including the V. & A., Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul. Song Jae works in the traditional Bunchong style but has contemporized the techniques and created a unique very strong and dynamic decoration, as exemplified by this pot.

School or Style

Bunchong

Materials used in production

white Slip
Stoneware

Techniques used in production

Drawing
Slip coating
Hand built
Incising

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.260-2015
Primary reference Number: 207195
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Audit data

Created: Wednesday 2 December 2015 Updated: Monday 15 February 2016 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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