Crackle-Free Inlaid Celadon Tea Bowl with Turtles by Jo Se-yeon — Icheon Ceramic Master

A wide inlaid celadon tea bowl with turtle motifs, finished in a crackle-free glaze, by Bogwang Jo Se-yeon — a certified Icheon City Ceramic Master.

The turtle is East Asia's emblem of longevity. Most celadon crazes as it cools; a crackle-free (mu-gyunyeol) surface takes tight control of clay and glaze shrinkage, and gives the clean, jade-like depth Goryeo potters aimed for. Icheon, south of Seoul, is Korea's best-known pottery town.

Details

• Potter: Jo Se-yeon (조세연, Bogwang), Icheon · Icheon City Ceramic Master
• Celadon with sanggam inlay, crackle-free glaze · Size: Ø16.5 × H6.5 cm
• Single piece

Watch: the master potters of Icheon

A look inside the workshops of Icheon, the center of Korean porcelain. (A general introduction — not this specific piece.)

Please read before ordering

• One of a kind. We confirm the piece is still available within one business day; if it has sold we refund in full immediately.
• Offered as a collector's piece. It has not been tested to U.S. FDA lead-release standards for ceramic foodware.
• Ships from New Jersey in 2–3 weeks, double-boxed. Price includes all import duties. Fully insured, signature required.