Korean celadon glazed melon-shaped ewer and cover

An image of Melon-shaped ewer and cover. Unknown pottery, possibly North Cholla province, Puan-gun, Yuch'on-ri kilns or South Cholla province, Kangjin-gun, Sadang-ri kilns. This ewer is melon-shaped, with ten lobes and a curved spout and handle, and has a flower-shaped lid with a lug for attachment to a lug at the handle. The footring is very low. A band of petal panels is incised around the top and one of lotus petals around the base of the ewer, and a spray of lotus with a fully opened bloom on each lobe. The lid has scrollwork incised on each lobe and the front of the spout a large single lotus leaf. The glaze is of a light bluish-green jade colour, evenly applied over the body; the lid is of a slightly different hue and may have been fired separately. There are five quartzite spur-marks on the base. Stoneware, thrown, with parts attached, indented, incised and celadon-glazed, height, whole, 22.2 cm, diameter, rim, 3.7 cm, diameter, foot, 9.0 cm, circa 1150-1200. Koryo Dynasty. Korea.

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Melon-shaped ewer and cover. Unknown pottery, possibly North Cholla province, Puan-gun, Yuch'on-ri kilns or South Cholla province, Kangjin-gun, Sadang-ri kilns. This ewer is melon-shaped, with ten lobes and a curved spout and handle, and has a flower-shaped lid with a lug for attachment to a lug at the handle. The footring is very low. A band of petal panels is incised around the top and one of lotus petals around the base of the ewer, and a spray of lotus with a fully opened bloom on each lobe. The lid has scrollwork incised on each lobe and the front of the spout a large single lotus leaf. The glaze is of a light bluish-green jade colour, evenly applied over the body; the lid is of a slightly different hue and may have been fired separately. There are five quartzite spur-marks on the base. Stoneware, thrown, with parts attached, indented, incised and celadon-glazed, height, whole, 22.2 cm, diameter, rim, 3.7 cm, diameter, foot, 9.0 cm, circa 1150-1200. Koryo Dynasty. Korea.

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Accession Number: OC.122 & A-1946
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/32.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
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Image width: 902 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 467.44kB
Exposure time: 1/180
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 32/1

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12th Century AD celadon cover ewer Fitz_AA glazed green handle handled incised indented Korean Koryo Dynasty lidded lobed lobes lotus lotus flower lotus petal melon shaped melons pale green pottery spout spouted stoneware teapot thrown vessel

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