Melon-shaped wine ewer

Artwork · Anonymous · 12th century · ewer

A stoneware ewer in the shape of a melon or gourd, with sanggam chrysanthemums inlaid in white and black under a celadon glaze — naturalistic fruit and vegetable shapes were favourites of Koryŏ potters. 1 Portal 2000, pp. 103, 107, fig. 56. ↩ Literatur Portal 2000: Jane Portal, Korea: Art and Archaeology, London: British Museum Press 2000.