Buncheong Jar with Inlaid Dragon and Stamped Design

Unknown artist

Joseon Dynasty

Ceramics - Buncheong

National Museum of Korea

A Buncheong ware ceramic jar decorated with inlaid white slip. The jar features a dragon motif on its body and floral and geometric patterns on its shoulder and base. The rim has a gold-colored band. A Buncheong ware ceramic jar decorated with inlaid white slip. The jar features a dragon motif on its body and floral and geometric patterns on its shoulder and base. The rim has a gold-colored band. The form manifested in this large voluminous jar emerged as the production of buncheong ware began to accelerate. It has an outward-turning mouth, a long body and a shallow bottom. This appears to have followed the large-scale porcelain production style of the Yuan Dynasty in which porcelain ware was crafted by first molding a porcelain wall and then filling in the bottom and attaching a plate to complete the object. The top of the jar