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By the time this wine flask was made in the late 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\nRepeated three times around the bulbous body of the flask is the Chinese character for longevity surrounded by four bats, which carry the same symbolic meaning, and a scrollwork frame.","physicalDescription":"Wine flask with bulbous body and long straight neck. Painted in underglaze blue round the body are longevity characters and bats in scrollwork. A mark carved on the base reads 'kwi yu k'un tyon',  cf C.93-1937.\r\n\r\nThis flask has a globular body and a long neck. It is painted in three places in underglaze cobalt blue with designs consisting of floral scrolls and bat cartouches enclosing the character \"壽\"(su), meaning longevity. A glossy bluish-white glaze is applied evenly to the whole surface of the flask, which was made at a kiln in Bunwon-ri, Gwangju, in the late 18th century.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Unknown","id":"A1848"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"porcelain","id":"AAT10662"},{"text":"cobalt oxide","id":"AAT233422"}],"techniques":[{"text":"painted","id":"AAT54216"},{"text":"glazed","id":"AAT53914"},{"text":"thrown","id":"AAT53908"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Porcelain, thrown, painted in cobalt blue and glazed","categories":[{"text":"Porcelain","id":"THES48907"},{"text":"Drinking","id":"THES48965"},{"text":"Ceramics","id":"THES48982"}],"styles":[{"text":"Chosŏn","id":"AAT106675"}],"collectionCode":{"text":"EAS","id":"THES48596"},"images":["2009CP3001","2006AJ5323"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"137 (VA)","id":"THES49876"},"free":"","case":"18","shelf":"1","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"FLASK","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"No","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":"Given by Lieutenant-Colonel Kenneth Dingwall D.S.O. through Art Fund","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"36.1","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Diameter","value":"19.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"widest","note":""},{"dimension":"Diameter","value":"5.2","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"mouth","note":""},{"dimension":"Diameter","value":"11.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"base","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"\"壽\"","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"\"su\", meaning longevity","transliteration":"","type":"","note":""}],"objectHistory":"","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Wine flask, porcelain painted in underglaze blue, Korea, Choson dynasty, 1750-1800.","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"Wilkinson, Liz, Birds, Bats & Butterflies in Korean Art. 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