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Gourd-shaped ewer
Pottery: Unknown
Stoneware, thrown, with parts attached, with accidental ash glaze. This ewer is of bottle-gourd shape, with a slightly curved spout, attached at the widest part of the body, a curved handle, and a small cover that echoes the shape of the ewer. The spout and the lower part of the body have been pared with a knife. The base is flat. The coarse thick clay body has fired a dark grey, it is undecorated, and covered with kiln gloss and accidental glaze from falling wood ash.
History note: Unknown before donor
Gompertz gift
Method of acquisition: Given (1984) by Gompertz, G. St. G. M., Mr and Mrs
13th Century
Koryo Dynasty
Circa
1200
-
1300
This type of ware had previously often been attributed to the 10th or 11th century, but fragments of a similar high-fired dark grey ware have been found at thirteenth-century celadon kiln sites. This ewer would have been used for wine.
Glaze
composed of
ash glaze
( accidental)
Ewer
composed of
stoneware
Height 29 cm
Rim
Diameter 2.8 cm
Foot
Diameter 9.6 cm
Accession number: C.22 & A-1984
Primary reference Number: 15983
Old object number: 2
Box number: 2
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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