IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 16177 accession number: C.9 & A-1926 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Wednesday 4 January 2017 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Box and cover with lotus, peony and cloud motifs. Stoneware, thrown, incised and celadon-glazed. This large box is cylindrical in shape and has a flat base. The cover is decorated on top with a peony-spray medallion surrounded by four cloud motifs, its sides are accentuated by a broad groove and feature a band of key-fret around the rim. The box has a corresponding key-fret border around the rim, above four large lotus sprays. All motifs are incised in lines of varying widths. The glaze is finely applied, of greenish jade colour, glossy, and crackled. Both box and cover are completely glazed both inside and outside except for the rims, which bear traces of several fire-clay supports. On the base are seventeen tiny quartzite spur-marks, showing that the piece was fired with the utmost care. title: box NOTES ----- type: history note value: unknown before donor LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Given by Dr W.M. Tapp STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/16177 SUBJECTS ------------------- peony lotus clouds peony lotus clouds TECHNIQUES ---------- stoneware, thrown, incised and celadon-glazed throwing TECHNIQUES ---------- glazing (coating) CATEGORIES ------ category: stoneware category: celadon DATING ------ creation date: 1150 - 1200 creation date earliest: 1150 creation date latest: 1200 culture: 12th Century culture: Koryo Dynasty CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Diameter units: cm value: 17.0 dimension: Height units: cm value: 12.8 CITATIONS -------- Korean Art from the Gompertz and Other Collections in the Fitzwilliam Museum, A Complete Catalogue Korea I: Koryo Korai Puan Yuch'onniyo Koryo Toja --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa14/C_9_20_26_20A_1926_281_29.jpg height: 550 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa14/mid_C_9_20_26_20A_1926_281_29.jpg height: 362 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa14/C_9_20_26_20A_1926_281_29.jpg height: 550 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa14/preview_C_9_20_26_20A_1926_281_29.jpg height: 181 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa14/C_9_20_26_20A_1926_282_29.jpg height: 550 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa14/mid_C_9_20_26_20A_1926_282_29.jpg height: 362 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa14/C_9_20_26_20A_1926_282_29.jpg height: 550 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa14/preview_C_9_20_26_20A_1926_282_29.jpg height: 181 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa14/C_9_20_26_20A_1926_283_29.jpg height: 550 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa14/mid_C_9_20_26_20A_1926_283_29.jpg height: 362 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa14/C_9_20_26_20A_1926_283_29.jpg height: 550 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa14/preview_C_9_20_26_20A_1926_283_29.jpg height: 181 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa14/C_9_20_26_20A_1926_284_29.jpg height: 550 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa14/mid_C_9_20_26_20A_1926_284_29.jpg height: 362 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa14/C_9_20_26_20A_1926_284_29.jpg height: 550 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa14/preview_C_9_20_26_20A_1926_284_29.jpg height: 181 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa14/C_9_20_26_20A_1926_285_29.jpg height: 550 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa14/mid_C_9_20_26_20A_1926_285_29.jpg height: 362 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa14/C_9_20_26_20A_1926_285_29.jpg height: 550 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa14/preview_C_9_20_26_20A_1926_285_29.jpg height: 181 pixels width: 250 pixels