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A SLIP-DECORATED CELADON ‘CRANES’ BOWL AND A SLIP- A SELECTION OF CELADON BOWLS
DECORATED CELADON ‘POMEGRANATE’ SHALLOW BOWL Korea, Goryeo Dynasty and later
Korea, Goryeo Dynasty Comprising: a pair of thinly potted bowls with foliated rims, simply
The first of tall conical shape, with incised slip decoration of decorated with a single incised line under the rim; a pair of thickly-
stylised cranes and smaller birds alighting over a band of stylised potted crackle-glazed bowls with incised decoration of lotus lappets
lappets encircling the centre, simply decorated to the exterior with to the exterior; and a smaller pair of bowls also with incised lappets
four parallel lines; the second of shallow form, with central florets to the exterior and central flowerhead to the interior.
encircled by ruyi bands and four clusters of pomegranates just under The largest pair: 17.5cm (6 7/8in) diam. (6).
the hatched scroll beneath the rim, the exterior also with a band of
flowerheads and scrolling motifs. £800 - 1,200
18.3cm (7 1/4in) diam. and 20.5cm (8 1/4in) diam. (2). HK$8,200 - 12,000
CNY7,200 - 11,000
£800 - 1,200
HK$8,200 - 12,000 Provenance
CNY7,200 - 11,000 Acquired by the vendor’s husband when working as a doctor for the
Red Cross in Korea in the 1950s, and thence by descent.
Provenance
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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