White Porcelain Double-Walled Openwork Vessel
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A white porcelain vase by Korean ceramicist Cho Byung-gwan, built as two walls: an outer shell pierced in a tortoise-shell lattice and an inner wall incised with clouds and cranes. The gap between them lets you look through the outer openings into the decorated interior, so the piece reads as a structure of air and enclosure rather than a plain surface. It is a studio-art object for collectors of contemporary Korean porcelain, not a functional everyday vase, and its value sits in the hand-cut double-wall construction that few production ceramics attempt.
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This white porcelain vase is made by Cho Byung-gwan. It has a double-walled, openwork construction: an outer pierced wall, an inner decorated wall, and a space between them.
The outer wall is cut into a lattice based on the form of a tortoise shell. Through the openings, the inner wall shows clouds and cranes in incised decoration. Because the lattice partly covers the inner wall, the imagery is seen in fragments.
A lotus motif marks the lower section. Four incised bands circle the neck and shoulder area at the top. Double-walled openwork is a demanding technique in Korean ceramics: the outer wall must be thin enough to stay elegant yet strong enough to survive piercing, and the drying time must be carefully controlled so the pierced structure does not warp or collapse.
