Lot Essay
For a similar ewer see Robert J. Moes, Korean Art from the Brooklyn Museum Collection, exh. cat. (New York: Universe Books, 1987), no. 24.
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KORYO DYNASTY (10TH-11TH CENTURY)
Details
A Bronze Ewer and Cover
Koryo Dynasty (10th-11th century)
Thinly cast, with raised bands at the midsection of the cylindrical neck and on the slightly slanted shoulder, applied with a faceted, curved spout of diamond section incised near the base with bands of stippling and stiff leaves and with two parallel lines at the tip, also applied with a curved strap handle incised with a stand of flowers on long, slender stems, grasses and stippled arabesques, and fitted with a hinged, circular cover incised on the flat lip with stippled sprays matching those on the handle and incised in the recessed well surrounding the knop with a collar of stiff leaves
9 3/4in. (24.7cm.) high
Koryo Dynasty (10th-11th century)
Thinly cast, with raised bands at the midsection of the cylindrical neck and on the slightly slanted shoulder, applied with a faceted, curved spout of diamond section incised near the base with bands of stippling and stiff leaves and with two parallel lines at the tip, also applied with a curved strap handle incised with a stand of flowers on long, slender stems, grasses and stippled arabesques, and fitted with a hinged, circular cover incised on the flat lip with stippled sprays matching those on the handle and incised in the recessed well surrounding the knop with a collar of stiff leaves
9 3/4in. (24.7cm.) high
Provenance
Purchased from Mathias Komor, 1969.2
Exhibited
Metropolitan Museum, New York, 1984 (temporary loan)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1974 (temporary loan)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1974 (temporary loan)