Lot 11
11
AN IRON-DECORATED CELADON EWER

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AN IRON-DECORATED CELADON EWER
koryo dynasty (12th-13th century)


Of ovoid form with tapered, cylindrical neck, tubular spout and curved handle, painted in underglaze iron-brown with floral arabesques on the body below four large florets painted on the neck, covered by a greyish-green celadon glaze, thicker and brighter green in places, foot and base unglazed--7 3/8in. (18.7cm.) high

Lot Essay

For other ewers see Korai seiji no tetsu-e to tessai/Celadon with Underglaze Iron-painted and Underglaze Iron-coated of Koryo Dynasty, Korea (Osaka: Museum of Oriental Ceramics, 1987), nos. 21-23; Soontaek Choi-Bae, Seladon Keramik der Koryo Dynastie 918-1392/Celadon Wares of the Koryo Period 918-1392 (Köln: Museum für Ostiasiatische Kunst, 1984), no. 33