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Bowl: C.6-1926

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Pottery: Unknown (Probably)

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Description

Bowl with chrysanthemum and lychee design. Stoneware, thrown, inlaid in black and white slip and celadon-glazed. The mouth of this hemispherical bowl is slightly incurved in the fashion current in the late thirteenth and early four-teenth century. The centre of the bowl is slightly recessed. The bowl is decorated in white inlaid slip with details in black, with three stylised chrysanthemum florets in the centre and a youi-head border around it, four sprays of lychee as the main motif, and a classic-scroll border and a border of cranes and florets below the rim. On the outside is a band of scrollwork (posang tangch'o) with four chrysanthemum-spray medallions, enclosed by a classic-scroll border and chrysanthemum florets. The glaze is grey-green, evenly applied, and has a fine crackle. There are traces from a coarse sandy support on the foot.

Notes

History note: Unknown before donor

Legal notes

Given by Dr W.M. Tapp

Measurements and weight

Height: 8.7 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Kangjin-gun ⪼ South Cholla province ⪼ Korea

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1926-07-11) by Tapp, W. M., Dr

Dating

Koryo Dynasty
14th Century
1300 CE - 1350 CE

Note

This piece appears to date from the first half of the fourteenth century, when inlaid celadon bowls were changing in shape and in decoration. It was presumably made in the kilns at Sadang-ri, Kangjin-gun, South Cholla province.

Components of the work

Decoration composed of slip ( white and black)
Glaze composed of celadon glaze
Rim Diameter 18.8 cm
Foot Diameter 6.0 cm

Materials used in production

Stoneware

Techniques used in production

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

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.6-1926
Primary reference Number: 16303
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 4 January 2017 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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