A slip-inlaid celadon Korean cosmetic box. Korea, Goryeo-Zeit (918–1392), 12th century - image-1

Lot 331 Dα

A slip-inlaid celadon Korean cosmetic box. Korea, Goryeo-Zeit (918–1392), 12th century

Auction 1166 - overview Cologne
15.12.2020, 11:00 - Asian Art
Estimate: 1.000 € - 2.000 €

A slip-inlaid celadon Korean cosmetic box. Korea, Goryeo-Zeit (918–1392), 12th century

A circular box with flat cover, decorated in sanggam technique and inlaid in white and black slip with a stylised chrysanthemum in the centre surrounded by leaves encircled by a band of black-slip dots within white-slip circles around the perimeter.
Diameter 8 cm

Provenance

Private collection, Southern Germany

Literature

Compare similar boxes in: Dr. Chewon Kim (Hg.), Korean Arts, Ceramics, volume two, Seoul 1961, p. 100, no. 40