Pottery: Unknown (Probably)
Cup with chrysanthemum design. Stoneware, moulded, carved, painted, inlaid in black and white slip and celadon-glazed. The cup has ten-lobed sides and rim and a flaring foot. Inside, each lobe is finely incised with a chrysanthemum spray and the centre with a large floret. On the outside, between a band of incised scrollwork and a scalloped petal border, corresponding chrysanthemum sprays are inlaid in black and white slip. The base has quartzite spur-marks. The cup accompanies a stand (C.118-1984)
History note: Unknown before donor
Gompertz Gift
Method of acquisition: Given (1984) by Gompertz, G. St. G. M., Mr and Mrs
Koryo Dynasty
12th Century
Circa
1150
-
1200
This refined set (cup and stand) would have been used for drinking wine. It was probably made around 1160 when the sanggam (inlay) technique was replacing incising, at the Yuch'on-ri kilns, where sherds of similar vessels have been discovered.
Decoration
composed of
slip
( white and black)
Glaze
composed of
celadon glaze
Cup
composed of
stoneware
Height 6.1 cm
Foot
Diameter 3.1 cm
Rim
Diameter 7.5 cm
Cup Decoration
Accession number: C.117-1984
Primary reference Number: 16308
Box number: 121
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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