KOREAN CELADON-GLAZED INCISED 'PARROTS' BOWL
GORYEO DYNASTY, 12TH-13TH CENTURY
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
Auction: 08 November 2024 from 10:00 GMT
Description
高麗王朝 十二至十三世紀 青磁刻鸚鵡紋碗
of conical form with very gently rounded sides, incised to the interior with a pair of long-tailed parrots in flight within two circles, covered overall save for the foot ring and spur marks on the wall with a green glaze
Dimensions
16cm diameter
Footnote
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. A comparable example is in the British Museum, museum no. 1973,0726.393, one in the Cleveland Museum of Art, museum no. 1924.136., and the other in the 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.
作為象徵和諧的吉祥紋飾，鸚鵡紋在十二至十三世紀初韓國青瓷蔚爲流行，其中以兩隻鸚鵡爲普遍紋飾，這也是韓國早期青瓷發展史藉鑒於中國越窯青瓷的結果。若干高麗王朝青瓷近例，皆施以一對鸚鵡紋飾，見大英博物館藏，館藏號「1973,0726.393」、克利夫蘭藝術博物館藏，館藏號「1965/2.69」。另參兩拍賣例，其一2016年7月21日售於紐約佳士得，拍品34；另一2020年9月30日售於紐約蘇富比，拍品1070，皆可資比較。