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Cup: C.58 & A-1984

Object information

Current Location: Gallery 29 - Korean Gallery

Maker(s)

Pottery: Unknown (Probably)

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Description

Cup and stand with chrysanthemum designs. Stoneware, moulded, carved and incised, and celadon-glazed. Both pieces are of ten-petalled flower shape characteristic of the Koryo period, and both were formed by a mould. The cup is decorated with an incised chrysanthemum spray in each lobe both inside and outside as well as in the centre, and with a classic-scroll border at the outer rim. The stand is decorated with an incised chrysanthemum spray in the recessed support, incised fish and waves in the sunken area around it, and further incised chrysanthemum sprays on the broad everted rim. The foot is incised with foliate sprays. The pale bluish-green glaze, somewhat greener on the cup, has a fine dense crackle, and has partly changed colour in the firing. Both pieces have quartzite spur-marks inside the foot.

Notes

History note: Unknown before donor

Legal notes

Gompertz Gift

Place(s) associated

  • Puan-gun ⪼ North Cholla province ⪼ Korea

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1984) by Gompertz, G. St. G. M., Mr and Mrs

Dating

12th Century
Koryo Dynasty
Circa 1100 - 1150

Note

Probably Yuch'on-ri ware.

Similar sets of cup and stand were made of bronze, and are also known in qingbai ware from Jingdezhen in China. This example may have been produced by the kilns at Yuch'on-ri, Puan, where similar examples have been found.

Components of the work

Glaze composed of celadon glaze
Cup And Stand composed of stoneware
Stand Overall Diameter 14.2 cm
Cup Foot Diameter 3.5 cm
Cup Rim Diameter 7.3 cm
Stand Foot Diameter 7.8 cm
Stand Height 4.7 cm
Cup Height 6.1 cm

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.58 & A-1984
Primary reference Number: 16130
Old object number: 41
Box number: 41
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 11 August 2016 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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