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Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Celadon Dish with Inlaid Peony Design

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

A peony design is enclosed by a double-line medallion at the centre of the inside bottom of this bowl, while the inner sides are decorated with four peony sprays inlaid in black and white. The area immediately below the rim on the inside features a scroll band. The broken pieces of the bowl have been glued together. The area below the rim on the outside is encircled by a double-line band, and the external sides are adorned with four chrysanthemum motifs. The entire dish is covered in a greenish glaze. The low, wide foot has traces of silica supports in three places. Similar celadon dishes were found among the material excavated from the seabed off the coast of Wonsando Island in Boryeong. The dish was made at a kiln in Gangjin in the early 13th century.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleCeladon Dish with Inlaid Peony Design (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Stoneware, thrown, with inlaid decortion under celadon glaze
Brief description
Dish, stoneware with inlaid decoration under a celadon glaze; Korea, Koryo dynasty (918-1392)
Physical description
Dish of stoneware, decorated with floral sprays inlaid in white and black slips under a celadon glaze.
Dimensions
  • Height: 3.7cm
  • Mouth diameter: 14.1cm
  • Base diameter: 8.2cm
Style
Subjects depicted
Summary
A peony design is enclosed by a double-line medallion at the centre of the inside bottom of this bowl, while the inner sides are decorated with four peony sprays inlaid in black and white. The area immediately below the rim on the inside features a scroll band. The broken pieces of the bowl have been glued together. The area below the rim on the outside is encircled by a double-line band, and the external sides are adorned with four chrysanthemum motifs. The entire dish is covered in a greenish glaze. The low, wide foot has traces of silica supports in three places. Similar celadon dishes were found among the material excavated from the seabed off the coast of Wonsando Island in Boryeong. The dish was made at a kiln in Gangjin in the early 13th century.
Bibliographic reference
National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage. Daejeon: National Research Institue of Cultural Heritage, 2013, p. 84.
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.643-1926

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Record createdFebruary 3, 2000
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