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Pottery: Unknown (Possibly)
Melon-shaped ewer and cover. Stoneware, thrown, with parts attached, indented, incised and celadon-glazed. This ewer is melon-shaped, with ten lobes and a curved spout and handle, and has a flower-shaped lid with a lug for attachment to a lug at the handle. The footring is very low. A band of petal panels is incised around the top and one of lotus petals around the base of the ewer, and a spray of lotus with a fully opened bloom on each lobe. The lid has scrollwork incised on each lobe and the front of the spout a large single lotus leaf. The glaze is of a light bluish-green jade colour, evenly applied over the body; the lid is of a slightly different hue and may have been fired separately. There are five quartzite spur-marks on the base.
History note: Unknown before testator
Oscar Raphael bequest 1941
Height: 22.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1946) by Raphael, Oscar C.
12th Century
Koryo Dynasty
Circa
1150
CE
-
1200
CE
Melon-shaped ewers were generally used as wine vessels, and some examples have a matching basin. This type was made in the first half of the twelfth century, both at Yuch'on-ri, Puan-gun, North Cholla province, and at Sadang-ri, Kangjin-gun, South Cholla province.
Glaze
composed of
celadon glaze
Rim
Diameter 3.7 cm
Foot
Diameter 9.0 cm
Decoration
Throwing
: Stoneware, thrown, with parts attached, indented, incised and celadon-glazed
Glazing (coating)
Accession number: OC.122 & A-1946
Primary reference Number: 16139
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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