IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 16317 accession number: C.426 & A-1984 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Cosmetic box and cover with peony design. Stoneware, moulded, inlaid in black and white slip, and celadon glazed. This is a typical Koryo box with flat cover and bevelled edges; the base is recessed. A large peony with fully-opened white bloom and black foliage is inlaid on the cover surrounded by four black scroll motifs. The dark green celadon glaze is thickly applied and has a subtle gloss. The rims of both parts have been wiped free of glaze, and traces of fine fire-clay supports are visible; on the base are three quartzite spur-marks. title: cosmetic 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 collection: Gompertz Collection creditline: Gompertz Gift STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/16317 SUBJECTS ------------------- peony peony CATEGORIES ------ category: stoneware category: celadon DATING ------ creation date: 1150 - 1200 creation date earliest: 1150 creation date latest: 1200 culture: Koryo Dynasty culture: 12th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Diameter units: cm value: 9.8 EXHIBITIONS HISTORY ------------------- title: Korean and Chinese Ceramics from the 10th to the 14th Century CITATIONS -------- The Development of Koryo Wares Sekai Toji Zenshu Korean Celadon and Other Wares of the Koryo Period Korean and Chinese Ceramics from the 10th to the 14th Century Korai Puan Yuch'onniyo Koryo Toja Korean Art from the Gompertz and Other Collections in the Fitzwilliam Museum, A Complete Catalogue --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa19/C_426_26A_1984.jpg height: 549 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa19/mid_C_426_26A_1984.jpg height: 361 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa19/C_426_26A_1984.jpg height: 549 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa19/preview_C_426_26A_1984.jpg height: 181 pixels width: 250 pixels