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KOREAN CERAMICS FROM A SWISS PRIVATE
COLLECTION (LOTS 514-519)
514 * 515 *
A SLIP-INLAID CELADON-GLAZED BALUSTER VASE, A SLIP-INLAID CELADON-GLAZED EWER
MAEBYONG Korea, Colonial Period
Korea, Goryeo Dynasty, 12th century Modelled in the Goryeo Dynasty style, the globular body rising to a
Rising from a narrow foot to a broad shoulder before curving inwards garlic-head mouth, flanked with a strap handle and upright c-shaped
to a small mouth, the elegantly potted baluster vase intricately spout, decorated with four floral sprigs inlaid in black and white slip.
embellished with a crane in flight, all covered in a sea-green hued 18cm (7 1/8in) high
glaze.
30cm (11 3/4in) high £800 - 1,200
HK$8,200 - 12,000
£1,000 - 1,500 CNY7,200 - 11,000
HK$10,000 - 15,000
CNY9,000 - 13,000 Provenance
Acquired by the vendor’s husband when working as a doctor for the
Provenance Red Cross in Korea in the 1950s, and thence by descent.
Acquired by the vendor’s husband when working as a doctor for the
Red Cross in Korea in the 1950s, and thence by descent.

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