Pottery: Unknown (Probably)
Cup and stand with chrysanthemum designs. Stoneware, moulded, carved and incised, and celadon-glazed. Both pieces are of ten-petalled flower shape characteristic of the Koryo period, and both were formed by a mould. The cup is decorated with an incised chrysanthemum spray in each lobe both inside and outside as well as in the centre, and with a classic-scroll border at the outer rim. The stand is decorated with an incised chrysanthemum spray in the recessed support, incised fish and waves in the sunken area around it, and further incised chrysanthemum sprays on the broad everted rim. The foot is incised with foliate sprays. The pale bluish-green glaze, somewhat greener on the cup, has a fine dense crackle, and has partly changed colour in the firing. Both pieces have quartzite spur-marks inside the foot.
History note: Unknown before donor
Gompertz Gift
Method of acquisition: Given (1984) by Gompertz, G. St. G. M., Mr and Mrs
12th Century
Koryo Dynasty
Circa
1100
-
1150
Probably Yuch'on-ri ware.
Similar sets of cup and stand were made of bronze, and are also known in qingbai ware from Jingdezhen in China. This example may have been produced by the kilns at Yuch'on-ri, Puan, where similar examples have been found.
Glaze
composed of
celadon glaze
Cup And Stand
composed of
stoneware
Stand Overall
Diameter 14.2 cm
Cup Foot
Diameter 3.5 cm
Cup Rim
Diameter 7.3 cm
Stand Foot
Diameter 7.8 cm
Stand
Height 4.7 cm
Cup
Height 6.1 cm
Accession number: C.58 & A-1984
Primary reference Number: 16130
Old object number: 41
Box number: 41
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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