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Bowl: C.100-1934

Object information

Current Location: Gallery 29 - Korean Gallery

Maker(s)

Pottery: Unknown (Possibly)

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Description

Bowl with chrysanthemum designs. Stoneware, thrown, inlaid with black and white slip and celadon-glazed. This deep conical bowl has a small foot with low footring. The inside is inlaid in black and white slip with a classic- scroll border round the rim and four sprays of chrysanthemum round the sides. On the outside three similar sprays are inlaid, while the rest remains plain. The pale bluish-green jade-like glaze is evenly applied and glossy. There are three quartzite spur-marks on the footring. The bowl is slightly warped and the rim has been repaired in gold lacquer.

Notes

History note: Formerly in the collection of Sir Frank William Brangwyn R.A.

Legal notes

Bought with the Glaisher Fund

Measurements and weight

Height: 7.3 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Puan-gun ⪼ North Cholla province ⪼ Korea
  • Kangjin-gun ⪼ South Cholla province ⪼ Korea

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1934) by Brangwyn Collection

Dating

Koryo Dynasty
12th Century
Circa 1150 CE - 1200 CE

Note

Probably Sadang-ri or Yuch'on-ri ware.

This type of bowl was used for tea. It was probably made around the 1150s when the change from incised to inlaid designs was taking place; compare a related bowl in the Seoul National Museum combining both techniques, illustrated in Sekai Toji Zenshu, vol.18, 1978, pls.164 and 165.

Components of the work

Decoration composed of slip ( black and white)
Glaze composed of celadon glaze
Rim Diameter 17.4 cm
Foot Diameter 4.4 cm

Materials used in production

Stoneware

Techniques used in production

Throwing : Stoneware, thrown, inlaid with black and white slip and celadon-glazed
Glazing (coating)

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.100-1934
Primary reference Number: 16277
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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