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A KOREAN MOULDED CELADON ‘FLORAL- 㥴५ 㭚㶧㤎⁆ ូګ➂ᗌ⩈ڑ♄ⓝམ↢
SCROLL’CONICAL BOWL
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KOREA, KORYO DYNASTY, 12TH CENTURY
.BUIJBT ,PNPS卿⡥⡙卿 ჺ ᝲ
The bowl is potted with wide flaring sides, and is moulded on 5IF 1BVMJOF BOE +PIOOZ 'BML $PMMFDUJPO
the interior with a central flower head below a wide band of leafy
⡥⡙צ೥ᇑ卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚ卿ᐽ৅ ⽚
floral meander bearing six blossoms in bloom in alternating upright
and pendent order. The whole is covered with a glaze of soft sea- ᫉⎾ἃ㮐இ㵶㿃ս⩝႔㬪≢ἃ⻤ទᏒהǯ㯸ַה৅जࣻ⩠㲞ᳰצ೥ᇑ
green tone with the exception of the foot ring and the outer base. ჺ ᝲ ᚚᐽ㐈⎏Ӭ։ⷉऑ⎾卿ᐽ৅ ⽚ǯ⩝႔㬪≢⎾ࣥ௛
7Õ/”ÿ in. (18.5 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box ߺजᬘ㖅໫ሲ㙭⯠⻦Ӭ։卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚᙻ⡥⡙צ೥ᇑᐽ㐈卿ᐽ৅
⽚卿սࣿٳᘹצ೥ᇑ ჺ ᝲ ᚚᐽ㐈Ӭ։卿ᐽ৅ ⽚ǯ
HK$120,000-180,000 US$16,000-23,000

PROVENANCE
Mathias Komor, New York, November 1959
The Pauline and Johnny Falk Collection
Sold at Christie’s New York, 18 September 2001, lot 290
The present bowl was inspired by the Chinese Yaozhou celadon wares
of the Song dynasty. A similar Korean moulded celadon bowl with a
notched rim was sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 3 June 2015, lot 3211.
Compare also to a Chinese carved Yaozhou celadon bowl with similar
decoration to the present bowl in the collection of Robert H. Ellsworth
was sold at Christie's New York, 20 March 2015, lot 830, and another
Yaozhou bowl sold at Christie's London, 6 November 2012, lot 304.

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