A SMALL OIL BOTTLE

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A SMALL OIL BOTTLE
KORYO DYNASTY (14TH CENTURY)

Of globular form with waisted neck rising to a wider cylindrical rim, decorated with stylized foliage in iron slip and glazed a greyish green celadon with dense and small overall crackle- 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm.) high

Lot Essay

For a bottle of very similar form and similar leaf spray decoration in iron-brown and pale greenish glaze, Koryo 14th century, see Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, The Charles B. Hoyt Collection, Memorial Exhibition (February 13-March 30, 1952), fig. 650