Lot 268
268
A CARVED CELADON SCRAP BOWL

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A CARVED CELADON SCRAP BOWL
KORYO DYNASTY (12TH CENTURY)

The globular drum-shaped body with sharply flaring mouth, deeply carved with a design of a scrolling and flowering chrysanthemum, the flaring mouth decorated with a band of scrolling flowering peony, the whole covered with a thick, rich celadon glaze, some burial discoloration to one side and damage restored - 3 x 7in. (7.5 x 18cm.)

Lot Essay

Sold in these from the collection of Robert Moore, October 16th, 1986, lot 27

A similarly shaped scrap bowl with carved decoration is illustrated in Choi, "National Museum of Korea", Oriental ceramics-the world's great collections, Vol 2. (Tokyo 1976), pl. 46