CELADON-GLAZED INCISED 'PARROTS' BOWL
GORYEO DYNASTY
£2,520
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art
Auction: 3 November 2023 from 09:00 GMT
Description
高麗王朝 青磁刻鸚鵡紋碗
of conical form with very gently inverted rim, incised to the interior with three long-tailed parrots in flight amongst clouds, covered overall saved for the three spur marks on the base with a translucent pale green glaze
Dimensions
17.3cm diameter
Provenance
Provenance: Bluett & Sons Ltd., 16 June 1978, with an original receipt and an associated label on base.
Dr. Kenneth P. Lawley's inventory number: Cer.75.
Footnote
Note: As an auspicious pattern signifying harmony, a parrot design was widely adopted in the earliest days of Korean celadon from the Chinese Yue ware, and particularly popular between the twelfth and early-thirteenth century. The pattern commonly features a pair of parrots, but this bowl contains three such birds. A highly comparable example, also incised with three parrots, Goryeo Dynasty, is in the National Museum of Korea, accession no. Deoksu 164, also see Cleveland Museum of Art, museum no. 1918.482. Examples with a pair of parrots are in several museum collections, compare to one in the British Museum, museum no. 1973,0726.393, one in the Cleveland Museum of Art, museum no. 1924.136., and the other in University of Michigan Museum of Art, accession no. 1965/2.69; Also see examples in the open market, one sold at Christie's New York, 21 July 2016, lot 34, and the other at Sotheby's New York, 30 Sep 2020, lot 1070.
Please note this lot will be offered with no reserve. 本拍品不設底價