The deep dish is ornamented with repeating stylized chrysanthemum flowers, alongside other designs. The object is typical of buncheong ware— characterized by white-slip decoration and produced on the peninsula from the late fourteenth through the midsixteenth century—with stamp-impressed designs.
Inscriptions indicate the court offices that commissioned the vessels. The dish was made in Gyeongju to be sent to the office of Jangheunggo, which supplied items like paper and mats to the court.
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분청사기 인화 국화 무늬<경주장흥고>명대접 조선 粉靑沙器印花菊花文‘慶州長興庫’銘大楪 朝鮮
Title:Dish with inscription and decorated with chrysanthemums and rows of dots
Period:Joseon dynasty (1392–1910)
Date:mid-15th century
Culture:Korea
Medium:Buncheong ware with stamped design
Dimensions:H. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm); Diam. 7 1/4 in. (18.4 cm)
Classification:Ceramics
Credit Line:Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Colman, 1893
Accession Number:93.1.216
Inscription: six line inscription
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Colman , New York (until 1893; donated to MMA)
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