Wine Cup with Pedestal

Wine Cup / Pedestal

Two-parts arrangement: pedestal and separate cup in different glazes: greenish and greyish. Conical standring. Plate-shaped top with device for adjusting a cup in the middle. Five decoration-scores. 

Object ID
Korea_005

Age
early 12th century

Material
Stoneware / Seladon

Color
greyish / greenish

Height (cup)
6.2 cm

Height (standfoot)
4.5 cm

Diameter (plate)
13.5 cm

Diameter (cup)
7.9 cm

Diameter (bottom of cup)
3.6 cm

Diameter (standfoot of plate)
7.8 cm

Condition
Very Good

Price
on request

Description

The arrangement consists of two parts, a pedestal and a separate simple smooth mug. The pedestal has a conical standring with an uneven formed finishing edge. Then follows an expansive dish-shaped base. This has a round device with a prominent base for adjusting the cup. The border of the plate shows five curved elements interrupted by decoration-scores.
The cup has a bit bulging mouth for convenient drinking. There are cracks on the upper inside, tiny air bubbles and rests of kiln supports on the standing area. This goblet-shaped cup is typical for the Koryō Period. There are examples in silver. [1]
Pedestal and cup form a unit, but are a little different in the glaze. The one is green, the other more grey-beige. It can be concluded that both parts originally didn’t belong together. (HV)

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[1] Soontak Cho-Bae (1984): Seladon-Keramik der Koryo-Dynastie 918-1392. Bestandskatalog des Museums für Ostasiatische Kunst der Stadt Köln. Köln. 212