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By the time this jar was made in the second half of the Choson dynasty (1392–1910), such porcelain had come to dominate ceramic production. Plain white wares, with their connotations of purity and honesty, were popular in a culture embedded in Confucian philosophy. However, porcelains painted under the glaze with iron brown, copper red and, as in this case, cobalt blue were also prized.\r\n\r\nThe shape of this jar – round with straightened sides – is characteristic of many Korean faceted vessels. The potter would make an object with extra thick walls, allowing him to slice off clay before painting, glazing and firing. Sprays of plum blossom are painted under the neck, while each straight side features a trigram enclosed in a double circle. Trigrams were used in divination and all Koreans would have recognised their inherent meanings. For example, the broken lines of the central trigram shown here suggest the north, the mother or submission.","physicalDescription":"Jar of porcelain. Eight sided with rounded shoulder. Painted in underglaze blue with one of the eight trigrams on each of the facets, enclosed in a circle formed of two thin lines. 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Kavanough & Co. (Seoul, Chosen, Korea), accessioned in 1912. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Jar, porcelain painted in underglaze blue; Korea, Choson dynasty, 1750-1850","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"McKillop, Beth. \"The Samsung Gallery of Korean Art at the V&A\" in <u>Orientations</u>. Hong Kong , Vol. 23, No. 12, December 1992, p. 37, Fig. 9."},{"reference":{"text":"Ayers, John, Far Eastern Ceramics in the Victoria and Albert Museum. 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