Jar with floral design
ca. 1980's
Trained under Yanagi Soetsu, the founder of the Japanese folk craft movement, Korean potter Chi Soon-taek recognized the beauty of his country's traditional wares and sought to perpetuate the spirit of Korea's much-lauded ceramic culture, recreating Koryo celadons as well as Choson white porcelain and punch'ong ware. The seemingly unaffected character of the jar-from the freely painted floral design to the thickly applied glaze-belies the artist's decades of technical training and self-discipline.
Earthenware with thick white glaze and iron decoration
8 1/2 x 7 1/8 in. (21.6 x 18.1 cm)
Gift of Henry and Mary Ann James, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum
2007.32
Provenance: Purchased by the owner from the artist's gallery in Seoul between 1986 and 1990
