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Dish

second half 15th century
Not on view
The dish, produced at the court kilns (Bunwon), demonstrates the neo-Confucian elite’s taste for unadorned white porcelain during the Joseon period.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • 백자 접시 조선
  • 白磁楪匙 朝鮮
  • Title: Dish
  • Period: Joseon dynasty (1392–1910)
  • Date: second half 15th century
  • Culture: Korea
  • Medium: Porcelain
  • Dimensions: H. 1/2 in. (1.3 cm); Diam. 8 7/16 in. (21.4 cm); Diam. of foot 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm)
  • Classification: Ceramics
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Mary and James G. Wallach Foundation Gift and Seymour Fund, 2004
  • Object Number: 2004.124
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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