Artworks

Silver ewer and bowl

Artwork · Anonymous · 11th century–12th century · ewer · Museum of Fine Arts Boston

Parcel-gilt silver with engraved decoration, the ewer’s lotus-shaped lid surmounted by a phoenix — shapes found in Chinese Qingbai and Ding wares, and reproduced in Koryŏ celadons. In the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. 1 Portal 2000, pp. 98–99, fig. 50. ↩ Literatur Portal 2000: Jane Portal, Korea: Art and Archaeology, London: British Museum Press 2000.