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Pieces without any decoration at all are the most commen, but small quantities with incised designs and motifs in relief, as seen here, and open-work were also made. \r\nThis 18th-century bluish-white glazed bottle is decorated on all four sides with carved low-relief  designs of  crane, deer, pine, bamboo, tortoise and clouds. On the shoulder of the bottle are bats. These motifs are all thought to be auspicious and were very popular not only on ceramics but also on metalwares, textiles and paintings. Pine trees and bamboo, for example, remain green and resist the extremes of weather, thus suggesting durability and long life.","physicalDescription":"The blueish-white glazed bottle is decorated on all four sides. The designs include a crane and pine, deer and pine, bamboo, tortoise and clouds. On the shoulder of the bottle are bats. Animal fur and foliage veins are depicted with the use of incised lines.\r\n\nThe sides of this square white porcelain bottle are decorated in low relief with symbols of longevity including deer and pine, tortoise and cloud, crane and pine, elixir plant and bamboo. The flat upper surface features engraved bat designs. The glaze is a clear bluish-white colour and there are sand spur marks on the base. The bottle was produced at a kiln in Bunwon-ri, Gwangju, in the late 18th century.\r\n\r\n","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Unknown","id":"A1848"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[],"techniques":[],"materialsAndTechniques":"Moulded and incised porcelain","categories":[],"styles":[{"text":"Chosŏn","id":"AAT106675"}],"collectionCode":{"text":"EAS","id":"THES48596"},"images":["2006AU4954","2006BC0675","2016JL5920","2017KA4306"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"137","id":"THES49876"},"free":"","case":"18","shelf":"4","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Bottle","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Korea","id":"x30965"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":"a kiln site in Bunwon-ri, Gwangju"}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1750-1800","earliest":"1750-01-01","latest":"1800-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"23.7","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Length","value":"10.1","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"base","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"9","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"base","note":""},{"dimension":"Length","value":"9.8","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"body","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"8.8","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"body","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"2.9","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"mouth","note":""},{"dimension":"Length","value":"2.9","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"mouth","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Rectangular white porcelain bottle decorated with a tortoise and clouds, crane and pine tree, deer and bamboo, Korean, Choson dynasty, 1700-1800.; Cer, Korea, Choson, monochrome, white","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"Ayers, John, Far Eastern Ceramics in the Victoria and Albert Museum. 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