A Celadon Stoneware Cup Stand

KORYO DYNASTY (FIRST HALF 12TH CENTURY)

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A Celadon Stoneware Cup Stand
Koryo Dynasty (first half 12th century)
Rising from a high, flared foot to an extended rim of eight petal lobes supporting the rounded reservoir to hold a cup; the stand covered by a light green celadon glaze with patches of emerald green where pooled or more thickly applied, foot rim partially glazed, gold lacquer restorations
2 5/8in. (6.7cm.) high; 5¼in. (13.3cm.) diameter

Lot Essay

Previously sold Christie's, New York, 27 April, 1994, lot 9

For other cup stands see G. St. G. M. Gompertz, Korean Celadon and Other Wares of the Koryo Period (London: Phaidon, 1963), fig. 3b; Gregory Henderson, Korean Ceramics: An Art's Variety, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Henderson, exh. cat. (Ohio State University, Divisions of Art Gallery, 1969), no. 53.

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