Baluster-shaped Bottle with Notches

Bottle

Baluster-shaped body and standring. Completely covered with celadon glaze, craquelures all around. Bottom yellowish-brownish with notches and an uneven shard. Traces of oxidation.

Object ID
Korea_021

Age
12th century AD

Material
Ceramics

Color
Celadon green

Height
24 cm

Height (neck)
4.5 cm

Diameter
13 cm

Diameter (neck)
7.7 cm

Condition
Very Good

Price
on request

Description

The bottle has a baluster-shaped design with a neck and angular lightly conical mouth. [1] Then follows an elongated oval body and a standring placed a little outside. In the middle of the body is a barely visible but tactile band. The bottle is completely covered with transparent celadon glaze and has craquelures all around. A brownish shadow runs diagonally from the shoulder to the oxidized standring. The bottom has a yellowish-brownish glaze with different notches and traces of fire support. In the middle rises an uneven shard with two edges and a semicircular darker square. (HV)

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[1] Soontaek, Choi-Bae (1984): Seladon Wares of the Koryō Period 918-1392. Catalogue of the Collection at the Museum of East Asian Art. City of Cologne. Cologne. 160