A large jar. Korea. Goryeo dynasty, 13th century - image-1

Lot 107 Dα

A large jar. Korea. Goryeo dynasty, 13th century

Auction 1112 - overview Cologne
15.06.2018, 11:00 - Chinese, Tibet/Neapel, India, Southeast Asia
Estimate: 10.000 € - 12.000 €
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A large jar. Korea. Goryeo dynasty, 13th century

A large maebyeong jar with rounded shoulder and two sides lightly pressed flat. Decorated in white and brown sanggam inlay under a grey-green celadon glaze with medallions of willow trees alternating with pairs of birds in bamboo and flowering prunus. Lotus petal borders to the neck and foot. Restored.
Height 32 cm

This vase displays the distinctive sanggam technique of the 13th century Goryeo dynasty whereby motifs were cut or incised into the clay body, filled with coloured slip, and then fired under a celadon glaze to create a smooth, seamless surface.

Provenance

Private collection since the 1950s

Literature

Compare a similar vase in the Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio, accession number 1918.471 and another illustrated in Korean Arts, Vol. 2, Ceramics, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Korea, 1961, p. 122, fig. 51