Jar with Stamped Decoration
1400–1499
- Medium
- stoneware with incised design, white slip, and overglaze
- Dimensions
- Outer diameter: 14 cm (5 1/2 in.); Overall: 9.1 cm (3 9/16 in.)
- Genre
- Ceramics
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910)
About
This small jar may have been used as a container for powdered tea among Japanese tea drinkers. Possibly produced in one of the kilns established by the trading office (Waegwan) in Busan, southern Gyeongsang province, it was sold to Japanese tea bowl collectors. According to a historical record dated to 1641, one trading boat shipped more than 14,000 tea bowls to Japan.