Current Location: Gallery 29 - Korean Gallery
Titles
Kirumbyong
Maker(s)
Pottery:
Unknown
(Probably)
Entities
Categories
Description
Oil bottle with scrolls. Stoneware, thrown, incised, inlaid in white slip, and celadon glazed. This bottle has a flattened body, a cupped mouth and a low footring. The upper part of the body is decorated with a broad band of foliage scrolls in reverse inlay between white double lines and with incised details, full of movement. The glaze is of pale bluish-green colour with an overall crackle and a subtle gloss. The glaze was wiped from the base.
Notes
History note: Unknown before donor
Legal notes
Gompertz Gift
Measurements and weight
Height: 3.1 cm
Place(s) associated
-
Kangjin-gun
⪼ South Cholla province
⪼ Korea
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Given
(1984)
by
Gompertz, G. St. G. M., Mr and Mrs
Dating
Koryo Dynasty
12th Century
Circa
1150
CE
-
1200
CE
Note
Bottles of this kind (kirumbyong) were used for cosmetic oils; originally they had matching covers which are now mostly lost.
Components of the work
Decoration
composed of
slip
( white)
Glaze
composed of
celadon glaze
Rim
Diameter 2.1 cm
Foot
Diameter 4.0 cm
Materials used in production
Stoneware
Techniques used in production
Throwing
: Stoneware, thrown, inlaid in white slip, and celadon-glazed
Glazing (coating)
References and bibliographic entries
Related exhibitions
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.70-1984
Primary reference Number: 16330
Old object number: 54
Box number: 54
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Wednesday 24 April 2019
Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
