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Pottery: Unknown (Probably)
Vase with chrysanthemum design. Stoneware, thrown, washed with iron-oxide, incised, and celadon-glazed. This vase has a long neck with flaring mouth opening like a morning glory and an ovoid body that tapers towards the splayed foot. It is coated overall with a brown iron-oxide wash through which horizontal lines are incised at the top and bottom of the neck, and a chrysanthemum scroll with fully-opened blooms round the body. The covering celadon glaze makes the design appear in pale green against a dark greenish-brown ground and shows a fine crackle. At the neck the glaze has shrivelled in the firing. There are sandy spur-marks on the footring.
History note: Unknown before donor
Gompertz Gift
Method of acquisition: Given (1984) by Gompertz, G. St. G. M., Mr and Mrs
Koryo Dynasty
11th-12th Century#
Circa
1050
CE
-
1150
CE
Vases of this type were probably used for flowers on the altars of Buddhist temples. This combination of overall iron-oxide colouring and incised decoration is extremely rare. Such vessels are believed to have been produced in Chinsan-ri, Haenam-gun, in the latter part of the eleventh century, before Koryo celadon reached its peak.
Glaze
composed of
celadon glaze
Wash
composed of
iron-oxide
Vase
composed of
stoneware
Height 28.0 cm
Rim
Diameter 11.0 cm
Foot
Diameter 8.6 cm
Accession number: C.431-1984
Primary reference Number: 16259
Old object number: 76
Box number: 76
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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