The cup here, used in Confucian ancestral rites, may have been placed atop a flat-rimmed porcelain dish, such as 2004.124. Both objects, produced at the court kilns (Bunwon), demonstrate the neo-Confucian elite’s taste for unadorned white porcelain during the Joseon period.
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백자 두 귀 잔 조선 白磁兩耳盞 朝鮮
Title:Wine cup with ear handles
Period:Joseon dynasty (1392–1910)
Date:15th century
Culture:Korea
Medium:Porcelain
Dimensions:H. 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm); Diam. 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm)
Classification:Ceramics
Credit Line:Rogers Fund, 1917
Accession Number:17.175.1
[ Ikeuchi , Seoul, KR, until 1917; sold to MMA]
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New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Essential Korea," June 7, 2018–November 14, 2021.
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