A Very Rare/Fine Korean Inlaid and Open-Work Celadon Pillow-12th C.:

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A Very Rare/Fine Korean Inlaid and Open-Work Celadon Pillow-12th C.: :
$13000.00

A VeryRare/Fine Korean Inlaid and Open-Work Celadon Pillow-12th C.:

Korea, Koryo period,12th-13th Century,

This celadon pillow is a very rare and fineopen-work inlaid celadon

pillow with 2 sides decorated in inlaid white slip. A central roundedcircle

containing clouds are within a pair of circular lines, connected withopenwork

fungus shape and clouds. The other two long sides are both formed with

slightly up-curved surface with inlaid triple chrysanthemum floral heads in

The row of three within borderedcircles inlaid in white slip in the double lines.

One side panel was indented in the firing with spur marks, applied overallwith

a rich and bubble-suffused grey-green celadon glaze.

It has an one side openwork tipchipped, otherwise it is in fine condition.

It measures 6 1/2” x4 1/8” x 3”

*** For similar examples of these rare open-work inlaid pillows seeGompertz,

Korean Celadon, pl. 72a; KoyamaFujio, “Korea, pre-Koryo and Koryo priods”,

Sekai toji zenshu, Vol.13(Tokyo 1961), pl.91; Rhee Byung Chang, “Koryoceramics”

Masterpieces of Korean Art, Vol.2 (Tokyo 1978), pls. 213 and 214