Pottery: Unknown (Probably)
Bowl with lily design. Stoneware, thrown, moulded, incised and celadon-glazed. This well-proportioned small bowl or cup has a wide open mouth and small tapering foot. Inside the decoration is of two sprays of lilies with fully opened blooms and scrolling foliage, moulded in low relief and with outlines and details incised. The exterior is plain. The glaze is of a clear jade colour. The base shows four small quartzite spur-marks.
History note: Unknown before testator
Oscar C. Raphael Bequest, 1941
Height: 4.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1946) by Raphael, Oscar C.
12th Century
Koryo Dynasty
Circa
1150
CE
-
1200
CE
This is a very rare piece, most certainly made at Sadang-ri around the 1160s. Compare Sekai Toji Zenshu, vol.18, 1978, pls.48 and 49 for a bowl in the Seoul National Museum with a similar design and of similar glaze colour, but with an additional border of inlaid white slip.
Glaze
composed of
celadon glaze
Rim
Diameter 11.2 cm
Foot
Diameter 4.5 cm
Decoration
Throwing
: Stoneware, thrown, moulded, incised and celadon-glazed
Glazing (coating)
Accession number: OC.57-1946
Primary reference Number: 16068
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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