A Rare Korean Silla Dynasty Stoneware Wine Bottle. 668-935 AD
Ht. 7 1/2ins. (19.1 cms) Silla stoneware was usually unglazed, the glaze on this handsome piece was caused by flying ash in the kiln. Many Japanese kilns were strongly influenced by these ceramics with their fluent graffito patterns. We have attached photos of three pieces of similar age. The two black and white photos were taken from a rare early 20th. century Japanese book on Korean ceramics and show similar sgraffito patterns a ...click for details
