IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 16306 accession number: C.77-1984 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Tuesday 11 February 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: 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. title: bowl NOTES ----- type: history note value: Formerly in the collection of Sekino Tadashi LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: Gompertz Collection creditline: Gompertz Gift STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/16306 SUBJECTS ------------------- ducks willow reeds ducks willow reeds TECHNIQUES ---------- stoneware, thrown, inlaid in white and black slip, and celadon-glazed throwing TECHNIQUES ---------- glazing (coating) CATEGORIES ------ category: stoneware category: celadon DATING ------ creation date: 1332 - 1332 creation date earliest: 1332 creation date latest: 1332 culture: Koryo Dynasty culture: 14th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 8.1 EXHIBITIONS HISTORY ------------------- title: Korean and Chinese Ceramics from the 10th to the 14th Century CITATIONS -------- Chosen Koseki Zufu Koryo Inlaid Celadon Ware Korean Celadon and Other Wares of the Koryo Period Korean and Chinese Ceramics from the 10th to the 14th Century Masterpieces of Korean Art Korai Toji no Kenkyu Korai Korean Art from the Gompertz and Other Collections in the Fitzwilliam Museum, A Complete Catalogue ---