Bowl: C.434-1984

Current Location: Gallery 29 - Korean Gallery

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Bowl with flowers and waves. Stoneware, thrown, incised and combed, and celadon-glazed. The rounded conical bowl rests on a small foot with low bevelled footring. The inside is covered with a combed wave pattern which ends at an incised line leaving a band at the rim plain. The outside is covered with a finely incised chrysanthemum scroll. The body is thin and the pale brownish-green glaze is glossy. On the footring are traces of four fire-clay spurs.

Notes

History note: Unknown before donor

Legal notes

Gompertz gift

Place(s) associated

Puan-gun ⪼ North Cholla province ⪼ Korea

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1984) by Gompertz, G. St. G. M., Mr and Mrs

Dating

11th-12th Century#
Koryo Dynasty
Circa 1050 - 1150

Components of the work

Glaze composed of celadon glaze
Bowl composed of stoneware Height 5.8 cm
Rim Diameter 12.1 cm
Foot Diameter 3.7 cm

References and bibliographic entries

Related exhibitions

Korean and Chinese Ceramics from the 10th to the 14th Century

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.434-1984
Primary reference Number: 16011
Old object number: 79
Box number: 79
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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 24 April 2019

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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