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Kirumbyong
Pottery: Unknown (Probably)
Oil bottle with lotus scroll. Stoneware, thrown, incised, inlaid in black and white slip, and celadon glazed. This oil bottle (kirumbyong) with flattened body and cupped mouth is decorated around the shoulder with a finely inlaid lotus scroll with white blooms and black leaves, bordered by pairs of white lines with and without thin incised scrolls, respectively, and with a narrow incised petal border above. Above the foot is a band of scrollwork, fluently incised. The clay body is thick and heavy and the jade-coloured glaze thickly and evenly applied. Three quartzite spur-marks are remaining on the base.
History note: Unknown before donor
Gompertz Gift
Height: 4.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1984) by Gompertz, G. St. G. M., Mr and Mrs
Koryo Dynasty
12th Century
Circa
1150
-
1200
This oil bottle may have been made around 1160 when the sanggam (inlay) technique was in common use at the kilns in Sadang-ri, Kangjin.
Decoration
composed of
slip
( black and white)
Glaze
composed of
celadon glaze
Rim
Diameter 3 cm
Foot
Diameter 5 cm
Throwing
: Stoneware, thrown, inlaid in black and white slip, and celadon-glazed
Glazing (coating)
Accession number: C.71-1984
Primary reference Number: 16333
Old object number: 55
Box number: 55
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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