Bowl
12th century
Maker Unknown
Asian Art
Although these celadon bowls seem quite plain at first glance, both contain very delicate, hand-drawn decorations that were lightly incised into the clay before glazing. One bowl’s interior has a flower floating on barely visible ripples of water, while the other’s interior shows long-tailed birds flying. In both bases, the decorators appear to have used comblike instruments to create parallel, but gestural, lines in the clay.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Ceramic
- Formatted Medium
- Stoneware with celadon glaze
- Locations
- Place made: Korea
- Dynasty
- Goryeo dynasty
- Dimensions
- Height: 2 7/16 in. (6.2 cm) Diameter at mouth: 4 9/16 in. (11.7 cm) Diameter at base: 1 5/16 in. (3.4 cm)
- Departments
- Asian Art
- Accession Number
- 2004.28.165
- Credit Line
- The Peggy N. and Roger G. Gerry Collection
- Exhibitions
- Arts of Korea
- Rights Statement
- Creative Commons-BY
- Museum Location
- Asian Galleries, South, 2nd floor
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