Underglaze Cobalt Blue White Porcelain Landscape Figure Design Bottle

This bottle, shaped on a potter's wheel, shows the typical form of a late-Joseon bottle: the mouth rim is finished in a rounded shape, and the neck is somewhat long and thick, descending at a constant width before flaring out at the shoulder. The body is generous in volume, yet unlike the bottles of the late 19th century, which are entirely slack and drooping in form, it shows a stable yet taut quality. The foot is wide and somewhat tall, giving a solid impression; the outer face is cut vertically while the inner face slopes gently, showing that care was taken even over such details. The decoration covering the surface is concentrated on the body, where a close-up landscape with a pavilion and a figure riding a mule are finely painted in underglaze cobalt blue. Unlike the landscape designs of other kilns of this period, this design strongly reflects the influence of Qing-dynasty blue-and-white decoration. The clay body is also dense and fine. On the outer base the character 甲 is incised, an inscription characteristic of the Bunwon period (the era of the state-run kiln that supplied porcelain to the royal court). Although minor repairs have been made to the lower body and foot, the form is stable and well balanced, the glaze and clay body are of excellent quality, and the landscape painting is rendered with outstanding skill.

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Where it is

Region

Jongno-gu, Seoul

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산