Celadon Daegeum Peony Motif in Reverse Inlay

Those who choose this piece are drawn to works in which technical discipline, cultural memory and living function are inseparable. "Here, celadon is asked not only to take the form of an instrument, but to carry breath and sound." Celadon Daegeum: Peony Motif in Reverse Inlay is a functional ceramic daegeum created by Kwon O-hak, a recognised Master Ceramic Artisan of Icheon . Based on one of Korea’s traditional wind instruments, the work translates the long, restrained profile of the daegeum into celadon while preserving its capacity to be actually played. This distinction is fundamental: the piece is not simply a ceramic representation of an instrument, but an object in which ceramic structure and musical function had to be resolved together. The challenge begins with the material itself. Clay contracts during drying and firing, and a long, slender body is especially vulnerable to bend

$25,000.00

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