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Bowl: C.35-1984

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Current Location: Gallery 29 - Korean Gallery

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Pottery: Unknown

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Description

Bowl with boys among lotus design. Stoneware, thrown, moulded and celadon-glazed. This conical bowl has six indentations in the rim, suggesting a flower-like shape. The footring is low, the outside is plain, and the inside is finely moulded in shallow relief with a chrysanthemum flower-head in the centre and three boys playing among scrolling lotus round the sides. The pale bluish-green jade-like glaze is evenly applied, with a subtle gloss and no crackle. The base shows three neat quartzite spur-marks.

Notes

History note: Unknown before donor

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Gompertz Gift

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

12th Century
Koryo Dynasty
Circa 1100 - 1150

Note

The inspiration for this type of bowl may have come from examples of Ding ware, made in the Northern Song dynasty. The precise shape and clear glaze of this bowl suggest that it was made at the peak of celadon manufacture, in the first half of the twelfth century, at Sadang-ri.

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Components of the work

Glaze composed of celadon glaze
Bowl composed of stoneware Height 6.7 cm
Rim Diameter 18.9 cm
Foot Diameter 6.2 cm

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.35-1984
Primary reference Number: 16065
Old object number: 18
Box number: 18

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024

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

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