A BAMBOO-SHOOT-FORM EWER AND COVER

THE PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN NOBLEMAN

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A BAMBOO-SHOOT-FORM EWER AND COVER
koryo dynasty (12th century)

Of ovoid form with curved, cylindrical spout, curved handle, now restored, and fitted with a conical cover, the ewer modelled overall as a bamboo shoot with overlapping side sections carved in low relief and enhanced by incised lines, the tip of the shoot created by the pointed cover; covered by a lustrous and vivid green celadon glaze which pools crystalline and emerald in the well beneath the neck, at the spout, and in channels in the relief areas and incised lines of the body, the crackle varying, the foot, base and cylindrical stopper of the cover all unglazed--10 5/8in. (27.2cm.), handle restored, chip to end of spout

Descriptif du lot

For other bamboo-shoot ewers see Korai seiji eno izinai/An Introduction to Koryo Celadon (Osaka: Museum of Oriental Ceramics, 1992), pl. 30; The Charles B. Hoyt Collection, Memorial Exhibition (Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1952), no. 588; W. B. Honey, Corean Pottery (London: Faber and Faber, 1952, no. 25