GORYEO DYNASTY (13TH CENTURY)

Korea’s best-known ceramics, the celadon wares, were produced during the Goryeo dynasty (918–1392), an era of supreme artistic refinement. Vessels with designs inlaid in black and white slips, such as this exquisite bowl, typify thirteenth and fourteen century Korean wares, while ones with molded, incised, or carved decoration epitomize those of the twelfth-century. Korean celadon glazes tend to be more transparent and also more bluish green than those of contemporaneous Chinese celadons. The finest Korean celadons rival their Chinese counterparts in terms of both artistic sophistication and technical achievement. Virtually similar bowl, dated as Goryeo Dynasty, appears in the collection of the National Museum of Korea, Seoul (Dongwon-001162-00000).