Lot 4
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AN INLAID CELADON BOWL

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AN INLAID CELADON BOWL
koryo dynasty (12th century)

The deep bowl rising from a short ring foot inlaid in white and black slip on the exterior with four chrysanthemums between line bands inlaid in white slip, the interior reverse-inlaid in white slip with a wide band of scrolling foliage into which are set four large chrysanthemum medallions inlaid in white and black slip, all below a band of scrolling foliage in white slip, covered by a celadon glaze with high sheen and fine crackle which pools slightly emerald in the recesses--7½in. (19.2cm.) diameter

Lot Essay

For a similar bowl with inlaid chrysanthemums and reverse-inlay see Choi Sunu, National Museum of Seoul, Korea, The World's Great Collections, Oriental Ceramics, vol. 2 (Tokyo, New York and San Francisco: Kodansha International Ltd., 1982), no. 72

Sold in these Rooms, October 17, 1989, lot 427