Lot Essay
For another bowl see Masterpieces of the Ho-Am Art Museum (Seoul: Ho-Am Art Museum, 1982), pl. 21.
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KORYO DYNASTY (13TH CENTURY)
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An Inlaid Celadon Stoneware Bowl
Koryo Dynasty (13th century)
Inlaid in white and black slip on the interior with a wide band of alternating phoenixes and bosang-hwa flower scroll below narrower bands of cranes and clouds and arching foliage, the cavetto inlaid with a pair of confronted phoenixes; the exterior of the bowl inlaid in white and black slip with a frieze of dragons chasing the flaming pearl amongst clouds between a band of stiff leaves, above the foot, and successive bands of auspicious heart-shaped fungus heads and arching foliage below the rim; also decorated with a green celadon glaze with dense craquelure, three spur marks on base
2 5/8in. (6.8cm.) high; 7¾in. (19.6cm.) diameter
Koryo Dynasty (13th century)
Inlaid in white and black slip on the interior with a wide band of alternating phoenixes and bosang-hwa flower scroll below narrower bands of cranes and clouds and arching foliage, the cavetto inlaid with a pair of confronted phoenixes; the exterior of the bowl inlaid in white and black slip with a frieze of dragons chasing the flaming pearl amongst clouds between a band of stiff leaves, above the foot, and successive bands of auspicious heart-shaped fungus heads and arching foliage below the rim; also decorated with a green celadon glaze with dense craquelure, three spur marks on base
2 5/8in. (6.8cm.) high; 7¾in. (19.6cm.) diameter