Pottery: Unknown (Probably)
Bowl with ducks, willows and reeds design. Stoneware, thrown, inlaid in black and white slip and celadon-glazed. This shallow bowl is decorated in inlay technique both inside and out. Three chrysanthemum florets in the centre inside are surrounded by double lines and a band of youi-heads, all inlaid in white slip, and around the sides is a pond scene in black and white slip with ducks swimming among willows and clusters of reeds, symmetrically arranged in alternation, and a white scroll border round the rim. On the outside between a scroll border and a border of lotus petals are chrysanthemum medallions reserved in a broad scrollwork (tangch'o) band. The pale glossy bluish-green glaze has partly discoloured on the exterior of the bowl. Three quartzite spur-marks can be seen inside the footring.
History note: Unkno0wn before donor
Given by Dr W.M. Tapp
Height: 6.4 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1926) by Tapp, W. M., Dr
Koryo Dynasty
13th Century-14th Century#
1250
CE
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1350
CE
The motif of ducks and willows had been popular since the end of the twelfth century, but this particular example which is more stiff and stylised is more likely to date from the end of the thirteenth or beginning of the fourteenth century.
Decoration
composed of
slip
( white and black)
Glaze
composed of
celadon glaze
Rim
Diameter 20.2 cm
Foot
Diameter 6.9 cm
Throwing
: Stoneware, thrown, inlaid in white and black slip, and celadon-glazed
Glazing (coating)
Accession number: C.5-1926
Primary reference Number: 16304
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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