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Bowl with Inlaid Design of Phoenixes and Scrolling Peonies
(Japan and Korea )
This bowl displays an inlay technique called sanggam that was invented by Korean potters in the early 12th century. Potters carved the design of phoenixes and scrolling peonies into the surface of the bowl and then filled in the carved areas with different colors of slip (watery clay). White clay remains white after firing, while red ocher turns dark brown or black. After one firing, the blue-green glaze was applied, and the bowl was fired again.
Provenance
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Lispenard and Ambassador Marshall Green, Washington, D.C. [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1994, by gift.
Geographies
Korea (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Diam: 7 15/16 × H: 2 3/8 in. (20.2 × 6.1 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Lispenard and Ambassador Marshall Green, 1994
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
49.2703