Small Bowl (Baekja Jongji)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 24 Feb 1886
name: label: Donor Name
content: Ensign U S N John B. Bernadou
notes: label: Notes
content: [Regarding this specific catalog number:] "Late 19th century. White porcelain. These two white porcelain small bowls are used for serving condiments such as soy sauce, soybean paste or salty pickled fish. The cover of one of the small bowls is entered separately with an independent catalog number. [Regarding a larger set of ceramics, E121620 - 121630:] "White porcelain with greenish-tinged transparent glaze; some with underglaze cobalt-blue. These are white porcelain bowls, covers and dishes, some inscribed in underglaze blue with Chinese characters. Hough describes the pieces as "heavy porcelain covered with a patchy glaze of greenish hue... the most inferior porcelain ware at present made in Korea." The greenish hue is due to the iron content in the transparent glaze applied to the vessels. Another comment, probably provided by one of the Korean experts, reads, "More pretentious vases of antique form, in white decorated with blue, or raised figures if molded, are found in every home. Ware is valued in proportion to its whiteness and smoothness and brilliancy of the glaze; weight is a minor consideration." Porcelain was for summer use while brass was preferred for winter... Collected in Kwangju, Kyeonggi province" [from: "from: "An Ethnography of the Hermit Kingdom: The J.B. Bernadou Korean Collection 1884-1885", Chang-su Cho Houchins, 2004, number 9-6]
label: Record Last Modified
content: 11 Mar 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Korea, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Korean
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 016970
label: USNM Number
content: E121625-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bowl
physicalDescription: label: Height
content: 5 cm
label: Diameter
content: 7 cm