flask
Description: flask, stoneware with celadon glaze bamboo type wall pattern, neck surmounted with pouring ring, light irregular glaze. This celadon glazed flask with a trumpet-shaped mouth has an unusual faceted-type wall pattern finishing with a repeated incised curve. In Korea potters were of a low status. They were not regarded as artists and records do not remain of the makers of pieces. Celadons were made as luxury goods exclusively for the royal family, the court and the aristocracy. Officials appointed by the court supervised the kilns. The kingfisher glaze was so highly prized that it has been recorded that only one pot out of ten made was selected. The rest were destroyed. The irregularity in the glaze, caused by the inability to maintain a reducing atmosphere in the kiln, is a variation on the requisite celadon coloration.( from Korean Gallery label copy)
Collection: HUMAN HISTORYAccession Number: 1976.47Display Room: Arts of Asia GalleryDescription: flask, stoneware with celadon glaze bamboo type wall pattern, neck surmounted with pouring ring, light irregular glaze. This celadon glazed flask with a trumpet-shaped mouth…