Mishima Tea Bowl by Kim Jeong-ok — National Intangible Heritage Potter, Mungyeong

A wood-fired mishima tea bowl by Kim Jeong-ok of Yeongnam-yo, Mungyeong — Korea's National Intangible Heritage holder for traditional pottery (Sagijang), and the seventh generation of a potting family that has worked the same valley since the 18th century.

The bowls Japanese tea masters prized above all others in the 16th century — Ido, Mishima, Hakeme — were Korean. Mishima is the Japanese name for Korean buncheong with stamped-and-inlaid white slip, the fine repeating pattern said to resemble the calendar script of the Mishima shrine. Kim Jeong-ok still throws on a foot-kicked wheel and fires in a climbing wood kiln, so every bowl carries its own ash and flame marks. This is the source tradition, from the man who carries it.

Details

• Potter: Kim Jeong-ok (김정옥), Yeongnam-yo, Mungyeong · National Intangible Heritage holder, Sagijang
• Stoneware with inlaid white slip (buncheong), wood-fired · Size: Ø14.5 × H8 cm
• Signed · Single piece

Watch: a climbing kiln in Mungyeong

A firing in one of Mungyeong's traditional climbing wood kilns, where the valley's tea bowls are still made. (A general introduction — not this specific piece.)

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• One of a kind. We confirm the piece is still available with the dealer 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.