Page 58 - Symbols_of_Identity_Korean_Ceramics_from the Chang Collection

f bulbous form with a small, dish-shaped mouth and
Oshort, constricted neck, this oil bottle is coated in cela-
don glaze. The base is glazed within the footrim and has kiln
scars resulting from four clay pads. This bottle probably once
had an accompanying stopper.

Small oil bottles held scented oils and were used by women
from wealthy families to oil their hair and bodies. Earlier ex-
amples such as this are more globular in form. Small, squat
oil bottles, which could be accommodated within ceramic
boxes along with other small ceramic cosmetic containers,
37. were fashionable during the height of celadon production in
Oil bottle Korea in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries.
11th–12th century, Goryeo
TL results: fired between 600 & 1,000 years ago
Stoneware with celadon glaze
H: 11.2 cm, W: 11.2 cm

56