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Small Goryeo Celadon Cup with Keyfret Pattern
Goryeo Dynasty, 11th 12th c., AD Korea
Height: 6 cm Diameter: 8 cm
A finely potted cup which swells up from a narrow base to high shoulders and slightly inverted mouth rim. There is a delicately incised band of keyfret below the mouth. The piece is covered in a sweet blue-green translucent celadon glaze over all, including the shallow underfoot and foot rim, which has three white spur marks.
These cups were originally designed to fit in stands. A nearly identical example with its original stand can be found in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, accession number: 40.480a-b
With an inscribed wooden box and Bunkacho export permit.
Provenance:
From a private Japanese collection
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