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Fragment: C.380-1984

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Pottery: Unknown (Possibly)

Entities

Categories

Description

Fragment with inlaid designs. Stoneware, inlaid in white and black slip, and celadon glazed. Fragment of a dish with low footring, inlaid in white slip with a simplified pheonix design; two hand-pinched spurs (of originally three) remaining on base.

Notes

History note: Collected by Japanese

Legal notes

Gompertz Gift

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
14th Century
Circa 1350 CE - 1400 CE

Note

The fragment may date from the end of the fourteenth century, when the kilns were in a transitional phase to the production of punch'ong wares. Compare also the undecorated kiln waster, C.531-1984, which is of the same type.

Components of the work

Decoration composed of slip ( black and white)
Glaze composed of celadon glaze

Materials used in production

Stoneware

Techniques used in production

Glazing (coating)

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.380-1984
Primary reference Number: 16359
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 11 August 2016 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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