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1851

Dish

Artist/maker unknown

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Incised on the reverse of this dish is “year of shin-hae,” which, according to the cyclical Korean lunar calendar, corresponds to 1851. The inscription further indicates that this dish was one of two thousand small, medium, and large pieces made for use in the palace’s “great kitchen.”

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Artist/maker unknown, Dish, 1851 | Philadelphia Art Museum