White Porcelain inscribed "‘dongmyochiseongbyeong’" Bottle

This white porcelain bottle was used for chiseong (devotional ritual offerings) at Dongmyo, Treasure No. 142, a shrine dedicated to the worship of Guan Yu. It has a long neck, and its centre of gravity sits low, giving the whole vessel a sense of stability. The rim curls slightly outward, and a bluish-tinged glaze covers the entire surface. On the upper body is a raised inscription reading ‘Dongmyo Chiseongbyeong, third month of the gyeongsin year’. Considering the vessel's form and technique, the gyeongsin year of the inscription is thought to correspond to either 1820 (the twentieth year of King Sunjo) or 1880 (the seventeenth year of Emperor Gojong). The foot is a straight vertical foot glazed over its entire base, though the contact surface was wiped clean of glaze and the piece was fired resting on fine sand. As the inscription shows that this bottle was used for chiseong at Dongmyo, a shrine directly connected to the history of Seoul, it has value as a historical source; being besides a fine, well-preserved example of white porcelain, it is also valuable material for the study of nineteenth-century white porcelain.

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Where it is

Region

Jongno-gu, Seoul

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산