Lot Essay
For a related ewer, see Rhee Byung-chang, Korai toji Koryo Ceramics, in Kankoku bijutsu shusen Masterpieces of Korean Art (Tokyo: Privately published, 1978), no. 296.
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GORYEO DYNASTY (12TH-13TH CENTURY)
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An Iron-decorated Celadon Ewer
Goryeo dynasty (12th-13th century)
Of globular form with thick, curved oval spout and stalk-form loop handle, decorated in iron slip on the upright walls with floral arabesques and on the slanted shoulders with a band of contiguous curved leaves, the whole additionally embellished with a greyish green celadon glaze with dense crackle; with stoppered cover painted in iron with leaves
5½in. (14cm.) high; 7¾in. (19.6cm.) long approx.
Goryeo dynasty (12th-13th century)
Of globular form with thick, curved oval spout and stalk-form loop handle, decorated in iron slip on the upright walls with floral arabesques and on the slanted shoulders with a band of contiguous curved leaves, the whole additionally embellished with a greyish green celadon glaze with dense crackle; with stoppered cover painted in iron with leaves
5½in. (14cm.) high; 7¾in. (19.6cm.) long approx.