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Pal
Pottery: Unknown (Probably)
Deep bowl with dragon design. Stoneware, thrown, incised, inlaid with white slip and celadon-glazed. This deep bowl (pal) has straight sides and a broad flat base. The body is thin and has warped in the firing. Inside, a dragon among waves is incised in a central medallion enclosed by a band of youi-heads, both framed by a key-fret border inlaid in white slip, and round the sides six chrysanthemum sprays are incised beneath a classic-scroll border. The outside is covered with overall incised peony scrolls beneath a key-fret border in white inlaid slip. The pale bluish-green glaze is clear and without crackle. The base shows seven small quartzite spur-marks.
History note: Unknown before donor
Gompertz Gift
Height: 6.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1984) by Gompertz, G. St. G. M., Mr and Mrs
Koryo Dynasty
12th Century, Mid#
Circa
1130
-
1160
This bowl is a typical example of the early period, around 1157, when the sanggam (inlay) developed from the simple umgak (incising) technique. As this bowl shows, the inlay was first used for subsidiary rather than the principal motifs. This is therefore an important documentary piece for the development of Korean inlaid celadon. It can be considered as a product of the Sadang-ri kilns, made around 1157, when the famous celadon roof-tiles were produced, particularly since the motif of peony scrolls is very similar to that found on sherds from the Tangjon kiln site at Sadang-ri.
Decoration
composed of
slip
( white)
Glaze
composed of
celadon glaze
Foot
Diameter 14.5 cm
Rim
Diameter 18.8 cm
Throwing
: Stoneware, thrown, incised, inlaid and celadon-glazed
Glazing (coating)
Inlay (process)
Accession number: C.84-1984
Primary reference Number: 16274
Old object number: 69
Box number: 69
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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