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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Dish

1200-1250 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

The dish, which is covered with a crackled, greyish green celadon glaze, has an everted bracketed rim and a flat base, with vertical fluted lines dividing the sides into lobes. The interior carries moulded decoration of fruit and leaves, cloud motifs and florets. The exterior has underglaze white inlaid floral sprays on each lobe. (The pair to C.582-1918, but has a better glaze)


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Stoneware, thrown, with moulded and inlaid decoration under celadon glaze
Brief description
Dish, stoneware with moulded and inlaid decoration under a celadon glaze; Korea, Koryo dynasty, 1200-1250
Physical description
The dish, which is covered with a crackled, greyish green celadon glaze, has an everted bracketed rim and a flat base, with vertical fluted lines dividing the sides into lobes. The interior carries moulded decoration of fruit and leaves, cloud motifs and florets. The exterior has underglaze white inlaid floral sprays on each lobe. (The pair to C.582-1918, but has a better glaze)
Dimensions
  • Height: 4cm
  • Diameter: 13.5cm
Style
Credit line
Given by Mr Aubrey Le Blond
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of the Le Blond collection of Corean pottery London: V&A, 1918, Cat. 96.
Collection
Accession number
C.581-1918

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Record createdFebruary 3, 2000
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