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his shallow bowl is unadorned with surface decoration.
TThe well of the vessel is relatively flat, breaking at an
angle when the wall flares up and out. Three unglazed finger
marks are located about three-fifths down the outside walls.
The footrim is mostly glazed. The base is also glazed and has
adhesions of kiln grit.
The form of this vessel is one of the common bowl shapes,
following Chinese models, during the twelfth century in Ko-
rea. Unglazed finger marks can sometimes be seen on glazed
Korean ceramics and indicate where the vessel was held by
10. the fingers when being coated with glaze. Besides clay pads
Bowl and silica chips, kiln grit—composed of coarse sand—was
12th–13th century, Goryeo also used to keep the glaze from adhering to the surface dur-
TL results: fired between 800 & 1,200 years ago ing the firing process.
Stoneware with celadon glaze
H: 4.8 cm, W: 15.5 cm
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