KORYO DYNASTY (12TH CENTURY)
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AN INLAID CELADON EWER AND A COVER
koryo dynasty (12th century)
Of ovoid form, rising to a cylindrical neck with upright, inset rim, moulded with a curved handle incised with two line channels, and an arched, cylindrical spout, inlaid on opposite sides of the body in thick applications of white slip with a crane beneath two clouds, the cranes, one flying and one standing with wings outspread, with beaks, tail feathers and legs inlaid in black slip, the neck of the ewer encircled by a necklace of raised beads, covered overall by a pale celadon glaze, pooling emerald above the slip inlay, and with large, random crackle and even sheen, the foot unglazed, the slightly recessed base partially glazed; fitted with a replacement cover with cyclindrical stem moulded around the rim with a matching band of raised beads, and surmounted by a lotus pedestal elaborately moulded in six spreading tiers of petals, and a phoenix finial, covered by a matching celadon glaze
8 3/8in. (21.4cm.) high, excluding cover, 11¼in. (28.6cm.) high, including cover
koryo dynasty (12th century)
Of ovoid form, rising to a cylindrical neck with upright, inset rim, moulded with a curved handle incised with two line channels, and an arched, cylindrical spout, inlaid on opposite sides of the body in thick applications of white slip with a crane beneath two clouds, the cranes, one flying and one standing with wings outspread, with beaks, tail feathers and legs inlaid in black slip, the neck of the ewer encircled by a necklace of raised beads, covered overall by a pale celadon glaze, pooling emerald above the slip inlay, and with large, random crackle and even sheen, the foot unglazed, the slightly recessed base partially glazed; fitted with a replacement cover with cyclindrical stem moulded around the rim with a matching band of raised beads, and surmounted by a lotus pedestal elaborately moulded in six spreading tiers of petals, and a phoenix finial, covered by a matching celadon glaze
8 3/8in. (21.4cm.) high, excluding cover, 11¼in. (28.6cm.) high, including cover