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Pottery: Unknown
Ewer with foliage design. Stoneware, thrown, with parts attached, washed with iron-oxide, painted in white slip and celadon-glazed. The vessel has a long wide neck and a rounded body that tapers towards the base. The handle and parts of the spout and the rim have been restored, and the cover is missing. The footring is broad and low. The whole surface is coloured with iron-oxide, decorated on either side with a freely-painted foliage spray in white slip, and covered with a celadon glaze. The footring and base are largely glazed and show indistinct traces of kiln supports.
History note: Japanese private collection
Gompertz Gift
Method of acquisition: Given (1984) by Gompertz, G. St. G. M., Mr and Mrs
Koryo Dynasty
11th-12th Century#
Circa
1050
-
1150
Ewers of this shape occur also in bronze in the Koryo period. Although the present ewer is not of fine quality, it has an attractive appearance, with its contrasting sketchy white slip design on the black surface. It is likely to be a product of the Chinsan-ri kilns in Haenam, and to have been made in the second half of the eleventh or first half of the twelfth century.
Glaze
composed of
celadon glaze
Wash
composed of
iron-oxide
Vase
composed of
stoneware
Height 25.4 cm
Rim
Diameter 8.9 cm
Foot
Diameter 9.7 cm
Vase, Parts
Accession number: C.433-1984
Primary reference Number: 16266
Old object number: 78
Box number: 78
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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