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A group of three small celadon glazed saucers Goryeo dynasty, 12th century
18 March 2015, 13:00 EDT
New YorkUS$10,000 - US$15,000
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A group of three small celadon glazed saucers
Goryeo dynasty, 12th century
Each similarly formed with low canted walls rising from a wide flat well, the base centered with a slight concave depression and showing remains of three white kiln spurs; the pale gray-green glaze darkening to a rich sea-green where pooled on the edges of the interior well while small areas where the glaze was thinly applied are burnt to a pale cinnamon brown.
3 1/2 to 3 5/8in (9 to 9.3cm) diameter
Each similarly formed with low canted walls rising from a wide flat well, the base centered with a slight concave depression and showing remains of three white kiln spurs; the pale gray-green glaze darkening to a rich sea-green where pooled on the edges of the interior well while small areas where the glaze was thinly applied are burnt to a pale cinnamon brown.
3 1/2 to 3 5/8in (9 to 9.3cm) diameter
Footnotes
For three dishes from a Goryeo tomb of similar shape, size and also fired on spurs, see National Museum of Korea, The Best under Heaven: the Celadons of Korea, Seoul, 2012, cat. no. 088, p. 82 (10.1cm diameter, also as 12th century).