Lot 10
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AN INCISED CELADON SMALL BOTTLE AND STOPPER

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AN INCISED CELADON SMALL BOTTLE AND STOPPER
KORYO DYNASTY (12TH CENTURY)

The small oil bottle of flattened globular form with waisted neck supporting a high, galleried rim and fitted with a compressed, bud-form stopper, the body incised with two large and two smaller confronted peony blossoms and lush leaves, the stopper incised with short, parallel curved lines, the bottle covered overall with a greyish green celadon glaze- including stopper 2 5/8 in. (6.6 cm.) high

Lot Essay

Oil bottles with their original stoppers are rare. For another oil bottle with stopper of pear form incised with two floral sprays, covered with a greyish-green celadon glaze, 12th/13th century, see Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, The Charles B. Hoyt Collection, Memorial Exhibition, (February 13-March 30, 1952), no. 594.