Vase in Pear-Shape

Vase

Pear-shaped vase with a long neck, a well-formed mouth and a short standring.  Greenish-grey color. Iron-brown decoration on the body.

Object ID
Korea_037

Age
Koryō Dynasty (918 –1392)

Material
Ceramics / celadon

Color
greenish-grey

Height
34.2 cm

Height (standring)
1 cm

Diameter
16 cm

Diameter (bottom)
9.5 cm

Condition
Good/Fair

Price
on request

Description

The pear-shaped vase has a long neck and a well-formed outwardly curved lip edge. The short standring is slightly facing outward. The allover color – included the bottom – is greenish-grey with allover craquelures except the lower edge of the standring. It is a shape observed since the late 11th century in the celadon ceramics.[1]  The curvature is decorated with nuanced light to dark iron-brown leaf-motifs which were applied with a brush. During the firing process the color changed. On the lower part, close to the standring, is a longer fissure in the vase. (HV)

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[1] Bang, Byung-sun (2000): Flasche mit Wolkendekor. In: Handbuch der koreanischen Kunst. Steinzeug und Seladon. Ernst Wasmuth Verlag. Tübingen. 80