Ewer with Scrolling Lotus Design
Artist
Anonymous
Date12th century
GeographyKorea
MediumStoneware with celadon glaze, black and white slip inlay
Dimensions6 1/2 x 6 in. (16.5 x 15.2 cm)
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LineGift of Anna Rice Cooke, 1927 (101)
Object number101
DescriptionLight green glaze, crazed. Ovoid body. Small raised mouth with protruding ridge below. No cover. Design of peony flowers and leaves with details delicately incised. The entire background is inlaid in white, leaving the design in the clay body. Evidence of seven stilts on rim of base. Base inside foot ring glazed. "Reverse inlay" technique used. -- note, ewer top, HAA4231.1 given by Robert P. Griffing, Jr. in June, 1974
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