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Kilns produced large objects for use at court as well as smaller domestic pieces for private customers. In about 1800 they began to produce elegant white openwork porcelain objects such as this tobacco-pipe rest. \r\n\r\nScholarly pursuits were highly prized among Joseon gentlemen, who spent many hours at their desks in the male quarters of the traditional Korean home. This pipe rest would have been kept nearby, serving its function but also delighting the eye.","physicalDescription":"Pipe holder of porcelain with moulded and pierced decoration, covered with a light celadon-green glaze, in the form of a cube.\r\n\r\nTwo of the sides are pierced with a swastika within a circle, another with a honeycomb pattern, and the fourth with an inverted niche-shaped opening with three almond-shaped perforations in the spandrels. The top is pierced with trellis-work, with a circular orifice in the middle; the base is entire.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Unknown","id":"A1848"},"association":{"text":"maker","id":"x40240"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"porcelain","id":"AAT10662"}],"techniques":[{"text":"thrown","id":"AAT53908"},{"text":"pierced","id":"AAT231153"},{"text":"incised","id":"AAT53847"},{"text":"glazed","id":"AAT53914"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Porcelain, thrown, incised, pierced and glazed","categories":[{"text":"Ceramics","id":"THES48982"},{"text":"Porcelain","id":"THES48907"},{"text":"Containers","id":"THES48972"},{"text":"Calligraphy","id":"THES254199"},{"text":"Writing","id":"THES261995"}],"styles":[{"text":"Chosŏn","id":"AAT106675"}],"collectionCode":{"text":"EAS","id":"THES48596"},"images":["2009CD6778","2006BF2308"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"UpObjectStore","id":"THES393033"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Pipe rest","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Korea","id":"x30965"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1800 - 1899","earliest":"1800-01-01","latest":"1899-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Length","value":"6.3","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"6.3","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Height","value":"6.2","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"Purchased from Messrs. 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.\nPurchased from Kavanaugh & Co, Seoul, Korea; purchased by V&A ceramics curator C. H. Wylde. Register entry 22 August 1912.","historicalContext":"Purchase price for C.330-1929 through C.362-1912, inclusive.","briefDescription":"Pipe rest, porcelain with openwork decoration and covered with a white glaze; Korea, Joseon, C19","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage. <u>Korean Art Collection Victoria and Albert Museum</u>. Republic of Korea, 2013.","id":"AUTH360734"},"details":"p. 203","free":"This cigarette pipe holder is cubic, and one side has a window to hold a cigarette, and the three remaining sides are decorated with openwork swastika designs, lotus flower patterns, and tortoise-shell designs, all made in openwork design. The top side has a hole in the center, and the remaining area is embellished with lattice patterns. The glaze takes on a bluish-white colour, and the foot has fireclay spur marks. This was produced at a kiln site in Bunwon-ri, Gwangju, in the early 19th century."},{"reference":{"text":"Beth McKillop. <u>Korean Art and Design</u>. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1992.","id":"AUTH316578"},"details":"p. 36","free":""}],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"swastikas","id":"AAT10082"},{"text":"diaper-work","id":"AAT10144"},{"text":"lotus","id":"x35891"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"2. Scholarly objects and self-cultivation\r\n\tJoseon dynasty (1392–1910)\r\n\tBrush rest and inkstone made by Im Yi-nam in 1991 \r\n\tIn a traditional Korean house, the sarangbang was the master’s study room where his possessions were carefully curated, reflecting his tastes and  scholarly pursuits. Nature was important to the seonbi (Neo-Confucian virtuous scholars). This water dropper, yeonjeok, shaped like Mount Geumgang,  was used to wet an inkstone, byeoru, when grinding an inkstick. The brush pot, piltong, is decorated with a phoenix, a representation of longevity and  good fortune, while the openwork pipe rest, dambaetdae, contains portrayals of lotus flowers, a Joseon symbol of the honourable scholar. [86]\r\n\tWhite porcelain with underglaze cobalt blue and copper red, and white porcelain\t\r\n\tWater dropper given by Mr Aubrey Le Blond\r\n\tBrush rest and inkstone purchase supported by V&A Members\r\n\tMuseum nos. 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