Pottery: Unknown
Bowl with ducks, willows and reeds design. Stoneware, thrown, inlaid in black and white slip and celadon-glazed. Koryo Dynasty, inscribed with a cyclical date corresponding to 1332. This hemispherical bowl has a slightly incurved rim, the centre is recessed to reduce the thickness of the body and prevent cracks during firing. In this centre the cyclical date imsin is inscribed in black slip inlay, enclosed by a band of lotus petals and concentric rings in white slip. The main motif, shows pairs of ducks swimming among willows and clusters of reeds, all naively rendered in black and white slip inlay, with a white scroll border at the rim. The outside is similar to the preceding example. The celadon glaze is greyish-green and glossy, and the body is fairly thick. On the base are quartzite spurs-marks.
History note: Formerly in the collection of Sekino Tadashi
Gompertz Gift
Height: 8.1 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1984) by Gompertz, G. St. G. M., Mr and Mrs
Koryo Dynasty
14th Century
Production date:
circa
AD 1332
Until recently scholars have generally followed Nomori Ken's attribution (see documentation) of celadons inlaid with the cyclical date imsin to the year 1272, but the date of 1332, in the following sixty-year cycle, seems more likely.
Decoration
composed of
slip
( white and black)
Glaze
composed of
celadon glaze
Rim
Diameter 19.8 cm
Foot
Diameter 6.8 cm
Throwing
: Stoneware, thrown, inlaid in white and black slip, and celadon-glazed
Glazing (coating)
Accession number: C.77-1984
Primary reference Number: 16306
Old object number: 62
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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