AN IRON-BROWN-DECORATED CELADON BOWL

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AN IRON-BROWN-DECORATED CELADON BOWL
koryo dynasty (12th century)

The deep, circular bowl with rounded sides set on a short ring foot and incised below the rim on the exterior with a narrow channel, painted on the sides in iron-brown with scrolling flowers under an evenly colored greyish-green celadon glaze--4in. (10cm.) diameter, 2in. (5.2cm.) high, rim chip

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For a similar bowl see Catalogue of Ewha Womans University Museum (Seoul: Ewha Womans University Museum, 1986), no. 5262, p. 313; Catalogue 15 To Commemorate Ewha Womans University Centennial Special Exhibition of Two Hundreds Selected Masterpieces from Ewha Womans University Museum (Seoul: Ewha Womans University Museum, 1986), no. 87