Minneapolis Institute of Art

Ewer with floral design

Korea

Date

12th-13th century

Medium

Porcelaneous stoneware with iron oxide designs under celadon glaze

Department

Asian Art

Institution

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Korean potters produced celadons with underglaze iron-brown designs as early as the eleventh century. The majority of these pieces seem to have been created at local kilns which were not capable of producing the reduction (oxygen-free) atmosphere necessary to achieve celadon blue-green hues. Nevertheless, the elegant shapes and vigorous designs of Koryo iron painted wares are greatly admired. Asia

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