The collection of the Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, includes almost three hundred Korean ceramics spanning the Three Kingdoms, Unified Silla, Goryeo, and Joseon periods.
Brass water ewer ('ibriq')
1570, Artist:Richard Toutain d. J., , Kunsthistorisches Museum, Kunstkammer Wien
Dawenkou Culture (previously known as Longshan to describe Neolithic cultures in the Shandong area) is characterised by elaborate ceramic forms such as this hand-potted, three-legged lobed vessel.Early ceramics served many purposes over their more functional use. Ordinary vessels could have been made more elaborate for ritual use. Since most activities took place at ground level, it was thought their height may have distinguished them from ordinary wares. As a raised vessel commanded a greater presence and was more appropriate for ceremony than a flat or round-bottomed one.
Original modeled by John Flaxman, Sr. (English, 1726–1795) Made by Wedgwood factory, Etruria, England (1759–present) Model based on ewer originally sculpted by Sigisbert-François Michel (French, 1728–1811)
Ewer of blown satin peachblow glass. Applied pale blue solid handle and a flaring foot.
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Deck began his career as a stove-maker, working first in Vienna, where he produced stoves for Schönbrunn Palace, and, after 1857, in Paris. At the Exposition Universelle held in Paris in 1855, he was so impressed by the Minton factory's brightly colored majolica wares that he decided to produce his own. The following year, he opened a factory for "artistic faience." Inspired by the designs and colors of Turkish Iznik wares that he had studied at the Musée de Cluny, he developed his own range of colors, including a distinctive turquoise known as "bleu Deck." Deck employed a number of noted artists to work for him and continued to exhibit in the various international exhibitions, winning a wide following both in England and America as well as in France.
The solid cast ewer is of ‘kettle-like form’ and rests on a circular foot with vertical fluted lobed decorated on an onion-shaped bulbous body. The
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