White Porcelain Flask with Inlaid Peony and Butterfly Design

Joseon · 3F · Sculpture and Crafts · Buncheong Ware and White Porcelain

Joseon-period inlaid white porcelain comes in soft-paste and hard-paste types, and this flask is thought to be a soft-paste piece made at a regional kiln. Soft-paste white porcelain has a milky glaze and tends to develop a fine net-like crackle on the surface. Peony stems, blossoms, and butterflies are finely inlaid in black on the front and back, and the soft, gentle glaze with its apricot tinge gives it a feeling quite different from the cool, crisp hard-paste porcelain.

See it in person at the National Museum of Korea — 3F · Sculpture and Crafts · Buncheong Ware and White Porcelain

Source: based on official e-museum records (National Museum of Korea).