IDENTIFIERS
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id:	16180
accession number:	C.422 & A-1984

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Wednesday 24 April 2019

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Cosmetic box and cover with lotus. Stoneware, moulded, incised and celadon-glazed. This box and cover both have broad bevelled edges; the base is recessed. A large single lotus spray is incised in the centre of the cover, and a scroll border runs around the slanted edge; the sides of both parts have bands of key-fret. The pale bluish-green glaze is opaque and crackled; it has been wiped from the rims of both parts which show traces of fire-clay supports; the base shows three quartzite spur-marks.
title:	cosmetic box

NOTES
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type: history note
value: unknown before donor


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
collection:	Gompertz Collection
creditline: Gompertz Gift

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/16180


SUBJECTS
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lotus
lotus



CATEGORIES
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category: stoneware
category: celadon

DATING
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creation date:	1150 - 1200
creation date earliest:	1150
creation date latest:	1200
culture:	12th Century
culture:	Koryo Dynasty

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Diameter
units: cm
value: 13.0



EXHIBITIONS HISTORY
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title:	Korean and Chinese Ceramics from the 10th to the 14th Century
CITATIONS
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The Kingfisher Celadon of Koryo
Korean Celadon and Other Wares of the Koryo Period
Korean and Chinese Ceramics from the 10th to the 14th Century
Masterpieces of Korean Art
Song Ceramics
Korean Art from the Gompertz and Other Collections in the Fitzwilliam Museum, A Complete Catalogue
Korai
Puan Yuch'onniyo Koryo Toja
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