Cup Stand
1200-1250 (made)
| Place of origin |
During the Koryo dynasty, aristocratic households valued green-glazed ceramics for their jade-like qualities. Wine and tea were both consumed, and fine, elegant tableware was supplied to the high-born aristocrats who formed society's elite. This finely potted stand for a tea-bowl has been shaped to resemble a flower, with incised lines to simulate petal veins. Its damaged rim has been repaired with gold lacquer.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Thrown, assembled and incised stoneware with celadon glaze |
| Brief description | Cer, Korea, Koryo, Flower-shaped celadon cup stand |
| Physical description | Bowl stand in the form of a bowl resting on a flower-shaped dish which has a foliate rim and splayed foot. The bowl is undecorated while the foot is incised with lines to simulate petal veins, all beneath a celadon glaze. There are gold lacquer repairs and firing faults on both parts. The flange of this beautiful cup stand is in the form of a six-petalled flower whose leaf veins are expressed as double incised lines. The centre of the stand is in the shape of a cup and is not pierced through. A pale bluish glaze covers the whole surface of the stand. The outward-slanting foot of the base has traces of silica spurs in four places. Parts of the rim and the flange have been repaired in gold lacquer. The cup stand was made at a kiln in Sadang-ri, Gangjin, in the early 13th century. |
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| Summary | During the Koryo dynasty, aristocratic households valued green-glazed ceramics for their jade-like qualities. Wine and tea were both consumed, and fine, elegant tableware was supplied to the high-born aristocrats who formed society's elite. This finely potted stand for a tea-bowl has been shaped to resemble a flower, with incised lines to simulate petal veins. Its damaged rim has been repaired with gold lacquer. |
| Bibliographic reference | National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage. Daejeon: National Research Institue of Cultural Heritage, 2013, p. 98. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | CIRC.114-1938 |
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| Record created | February 3, 2000 |
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