A Journey
Artist
Sung Jae Choi
(South Korean, born 1962)
Date2010
MediumStoneware, slab and wheel-thrown, white slip, clear glaze (buncheong)
Dimensions1 5/8 x 14 3/16 in. (4.1 x 36 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineGift of Sung Jae Choi, 2013
Object number2013.6
DescriptionA circular, ceramic platter with deep grey undertones, a coating of white slip, and finger-painted lines.eMuseum Notes
Sung Jae Choi is a noted South Korean ceramic artist for his engagement with the tradition of buncheong ware, which dates from the late 14th to the late 16th century. Buncheong, meaning “powder green,” is characterized by a painterly quality that mimics calligraphy of ink paintings, through the “painting” of imagery is with fingers or bamboo into white slip over a dark clay body. Often a landscape is evoked, in this case through the appearance of reeds and ducks in the water. Choi is one of a number of Korean artists after the Korean War who began reintroducing buncheong into contemporary Korean ceramic traditions.
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