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A SMALL CELADON COPPER-RED
GLAZED COSMETIC STONEWARE JAR
Goryeo dynasty (918-1392), 12th century
Of flattened, circular form with short neck
rising to a wide mouth and set on a short
ring foot, the rim edge, body and exterior
of the foot applied with copper-red glaze
constrasting with the celadon-glazed the
mouth interior and base
With wood storage box
1 7/8in (4.7cm) high; 3 1/8in (8cm) diameter

US$20,000 - 30,000
Another rare underglaze copper-coated
decorated celadon container is illustrated
in Ch’onha cheil pisaek ch’ongja / The Best
under Heaven: The Celadons of Korea, exh.
cat. (Seoul, 2012), pl. 006.
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