Bowl
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Object Label
Although these celadon bowls seem quite plain at first glance, both contain very delicate, hand-drawn decorations that were lightly incised into the clay before glazing. One bowl’s interior has a flower floating on barely visible ripples of water, while the other’s interior shows long-tailed birds flying. In both bases, the decorators appear to have used comblike instruments to create parallel, but gestural, lines in the clay.
Caption
Bowl, 12th century. Stoneware with celadon glaze, Height: 2 7/16 in. (6.2 cm) Diameter at mouth: 4 9/16 in. (11.7 cm) Diameter at base: 1 5/16 in. (3.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, The Peggy N. and Roger G. Gerry Collection, 2004.28.165. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage, Daejon, Korea), CUR.2004.28.165_view1_Heon-Kang_photo_NRICH_edited.jpg)
Collection
Collection
Title
Bowl
Date
12th century
Dynasty
Goryeo dynasty
Geography
Place made: Korea
Medium
Stoneware with celadon glaze
Classification
Dimensions
Height: 2 7/16 in. (6.2 cm) Diameter at mouth: 4 9/16 in. (11.7 cm) Diameter at base: 1 5/16 in. (3.4 cm)
Credit Line
The Peggy N. and Roger G. Gerry Collection
Accession Number
2004.28.165
Rights
Creative Commons-BY
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Frequent Art Questions
What is celadon?
Celadon is a blue-green glaze, often used on stoneware, a kind of ceramic. Celadons are named due to the greenish-blue color of their glaze. Their color can vary in tone from grayish to greenish depending on the composition of the clay. The color of celadon is achieved by placing a green-colored glaze over a gray clay body and the reaction of iron oxide when the vessel is fired in a reduction atmosphere.Thank you.
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