An Inlaid Celadon Stoneware Bowl

KORYO DYNASTY (13TH CENTURY)

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An Inlaid Celadon Stoneware Bowl
Koryo dynasty (13th century)
Raised on a ring foot and inlaid on the interior in white and iron slip with four double-fish medallions below a band of scrolling foliage and with a single large chrysanthemum floret of white slip in the recessed well, the bowl further inlaid in white and iron slip on the exterior with four peony medallions within a wide band of reverse-inlaid foliage and incised-line details bordered by a top band of inlaid white-slip foliage matching the band on the interior and above two white-slip parallel lines; the vessel also applied with a glossy transparent glaze with large craquelure; three spur marks in shallow base
7 1/8in. (18.2cm.) diameter; 3in. (7.7cm.) high

Lot Essay

For a bowl with similar exterior inlay see National Museum of Korea, Seoul, vol. 2 of The World's Great Collections: Oriental Ceramics, notes and selection by Choi Sunu (Tokyo, New York and San Francisco: Kodansha International Ltd., 1982), pl. 25.

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