Highlights
White Porcelain Ritual Vessel
- Nationality/Period
Joseon Dynasty
- Materials
Ceramics - White Porcelain
- Category
life in society - life in ceremony - religious ceremonies - dishes or utensils used in religious sacrifices or worship
- Dimensions
H. 10.8cm, (mouth) D. 19.8cm
- Accession Number
Dongwon 261
This sacrificial vessel known as a bo was used to offer rice and millet to ancestral spirits or guardian deities. According to Jegi doseol (Explanatory Diagrams of Ritual Vessels), this type is marked by a rectangular shape attached with animal-shaped ornaments and further decorated with lightning and wave patterns. This particular item displays rounded corners and is decorated with loop-shaped, rather than animal, ornaments.