Six-lobed bowl

early 12th century

Not on view

This six-lobed bowl, shaped to look like a flower, exemplifies the elegant purity of early twelfth-century Goryeo celadon. Its clean, minimalist form is unmarked by surface decoration, save for an incised ring around the interior rim of the bowl. The thinly potted body, gray-green glaze, and three small spur marks on the base (evidence that the vessels were stacked during firing) are all characteristic of celadon from this period.

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청자 대접 고려
青磁大楪高麗
Title: Six-lobed bowl
Period: Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)
Date: early 12th century
Culture: Korea
Medium: Stoneware with celadon glaze
Dimensions: H. 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm); Diam. 7 3/8 in. (18.8 cm); Diam. of foot 2 in. (5.1 cm)
Classification: Ceramics
Credit Line: Purchase, Friends of Asian Art Gifts, 2009
Object Number: 2009.417
Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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