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Bowl
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Bowl
- Place of origin:
Korea (made)
- Date:
1250-1350 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Unknown (production)
- Materials and Techniques:
Stoneware, thrown, inlaid and glazed
- Credit Line:
Given by Mr Aubrey Le Blond
- Museum number:
C.580-1918
- Gallery location:
Making Ceramics, room 143, case 18, shelf 1
Potters in Korea made ceramics with a clear, greenish-grey glaze – known as celadon – throughout the Koryo period (918–1392). Around 1150, potters developed a new technique for decorating this celadon-glazed pottery. Designs were carved into the surface of the vessel and filled with coloured materials before the wares were glazed. After firing, the pattern inlaid in this way remained clearly visible beneath the transparent glaze.
The designs on Koryo celadons were generally carved by hand, however the overlapping motifs in the centre of this bowl suggest that this element of the design was created with a stamp. The main pattern is of ducks in willows: a popular motif for decoration at this time.
