wine pot
Kupu whakaahua: wine pot, without cover, stoneware, iron (black) brush decoration of peony flowers and leaves under celadon glaze. With celadon production at its peak, Korean pottered developed a type of ceramics adorned with a peony design, somewhat like the style and technique used in Chinese Cizhou ware. This wine pot is a superb example of brushed peony (possibly posanghwa) flowers and leaf decoration . The design was painted in iron oxide under the celadon glaze, showing that the Korean potter sometimes adapted Chinese motifs without regard for decorative technique. Designs became bigger and bolder, more spontaneous and more energetic. This allowed the potter to paint the surface freely and directly and was similar in style to Korean mural paintings and gave the pieces a softer edge. Most iron painted celadons were fired in an oxidation kiln, as the colour of the glaze tended to turn a brownish yellow as seen in this ewer.
Kohinga: HUMAN HISTORYAccession Number: 1976.47Rūma Whakaatu: Arts of Asia GalleryKupu whakaahua: wine pot, without cover, stoneware, iron (black) brush decoration of peony flowers and leaves under celadon glaze. With celadon production at its peak, Korean pottered…