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7046 7046
A CELADON GLAZED FLUTED CUP WITH INLAID DESIGN
7047 Goryeo dynasty (918-1392), 12th century
Molded as a chrysanthemum blossom with short fluted sides and a
36 | BONHAMS short stem-form handle, the interior centered by a chrysanthemum
roundel within a double-ring and ruyi-head border inlaid in white and
iron-oxide slip
With wood storage box
1 3/4in (4.5cm) high; 5 1/8in (13cm) wide
US$2,000 - 3,000
7047
A CELADON GLAZED ARCHAISTIC CENSER
Goryeo dynasty (918-1392), 12th century
Modeled after a Chinese bronze ding, the circular vessel with a pair
of upright U-shaped handles and raised on three curved supports,
the body divided into upper and lower registers, each section with
a low relief dragon-like figure or dissolved taotie mask on an incised
thunder-pattern ground and separated by narrow flanges, the
celadon glaze with irregular crackle
With inscribed wood storage box
4 1/4in (11cm) high
US$6,000 - 8,000
Similar ding-shaped celadon glazed incense burners are illustrated
in Sunu Choi,2 The World’s Great Collections Oriental Ceramics, Vol.
2: National Museum of Korea, Seoul, (Tokyo/San Francisco, 1982),
nos. 49-50, and Yurŏp pakmulgwan sojang nippon mingeikan / The
Korean relics in Japan Vol. 5, Idemitsu Museum of Arts, Matsuoka
Museum of Art, Nezu Institute of Fine Arts, Art Museum of the
College of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, MOA Museum of
Art, The Gotoh Museum, Seikado Bunko Art Museum, The University
Museum of Art, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music,
(Seoul, 1998), pl. 13.
