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The Property of a Gentleman 紳士藏品
Lot 135

A rare Korean inlaid green-glazed pear-shaped vase
Koryo Dynasty, 12th/13th century

8 November 2012, 10:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

£10,000 - £15,000

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A rare Korean inlaid green-glazed pear-shaped vase

Koryo Dynasty, 12th/13th century
The bulbous body decorated in the Mishima technique with six sprays of white flowers climbing up towards a fine double line across the shoulders, each divided by a moulded line, the neck similarly decorated, all on a grey ground and covered with a greenish glaze, attractively crackled and pooling along the raised lines running vertically up the vase. 28cm (11in) high

Footnotes

Provenance: an English private collection

高麗十二/十三世紀 青釉花卉紋撇口瓶

來源:英國私人收藏

Compare a similar vase, also with lacquer repair to the neck, included in the Illustrated Catalogue of Tokyo National Museum. Korean Ceramics: Celadon, Buncheong Ware and Porcelain, Tokyo, 2007, no.113.

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