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A 20th C. KOREAN CELADON INLAID (saggam) VASE browse these categories for related items... Directory: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Korean: Ceramics: Pre 1980: item # 712915 Please refer to our stock # c-20 when inquiring.
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| A FINE KOREAN CELADON INLAID VASE OF THE 20th Century. A bottle-shaped inlaid or sanggam Korean celadon vase. The bulbous body is decorated allover with a delicate white cloud & cranes pattern and eight staggered medallions outlined in black and white each surrounding a crane in flight. A stylized lotus band separates the body from the undecorated neck and trumpet-shaped mouthrim. An appealing fine craquelare covers all the glazed sufaces both outside and inside the neck. The underside is glazed except for the bottom of the narrow footrim which has fired in areas to a dull orange. The underside bears an inscription–probably a kiln mark or potter’s signature. Condition: In very good though not perfect conditon with a repair to the mouthrim. A small, triangular-shaped, professional repair about 2cm wide and .5cm at its deepest has been made at the mouthrim. The repair is a reattachment of the original chip (with overpainting) and not a replacement or fill. The vase is otherwise in perfect condition with only original kiln flaws apparent on the surface. Between A.D. 1100 to 1150 Koryo Dynasty potters excelled in plain, undecorated celadons. Afterward the sanggam technique was introduced whereby celadons were incised or impressed with designs which were filled with red and white slip prior to glazing. The red slip fired black in the kiln. These decorated celadons were an extremely popular production of the Korean potters until the Mongol invasions begain in A.D. 1231. The technique was only revived in the mid-1950s by master potters such as Jae-Sup-Lee. The original Koryo pieces were not marked: this is a signed piece from the modern period of Korean sanggam ceramics, the product of a master potter, and should not be confused with similar styled reproductions which have only painted glazed decoration imitating inlaid pieces. Dimensions: 25cm (9-3/4”) high; diameter of base: 7.3cm (2-3/4”). | ||
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