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Punch’ŏng bowl with Japanese lacquer repairs

Artwork · Anonymous · 15th century · tea bowl

A stamped punch’ŏng bowl repaired in Japan with lacquer: such simple bowls, used every day in Korea, were treasured in Japan for the wabicha tea ceremony, their imperfections and tea stains prized as signs of age. 1 Portal 2000, pp. 140–141, fig. 76. ↩ Literatur Portal 2000: Jane Portal, Korea: Art and Archaeology, London: British Museum Press 2000.