Buncheong Flat Bottle with Incised Fish Design

An early Joseon buncheong flask, its belly flattened front and back, 22.6 cm high, 4.5 cm across the mouth and 8.7 cm across the base. It was coated thickly in white slip, the pattern drawn by incising, and a pale blue transparent glaze applied over it. The front, back and sides carry different patterns, and two fish swimming upward are drawn in lively lines. The fish show to the full the character of buncheong incising, in which a pattern is cut in line through the white slip so that it reads as white lines. Each side is divided into three: four-petalled peonies are carved in the upper and middle parts with the ground scraped away, and plantain in the lower. The body is grey-blue, and the contrast between slipped and unslipped areas is sharp.

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Where it is

Region

Yongsan-gu, Seoul

Designation

National Treasure · 국보