A SLIP-INLAID CELADON-GLAZED STONEWARE OIL BOTTLE, GORYEO DYNASTY
Korea, 12th-13th century. Flattened globular body supported on a short spreading foot and surmounted by a short waisted neck with an everted lipped rim. The shoulder with a wide band of overlapping petals framed by ring borders, above two similarly framed panels enclosing lotus blossoms as well as foliate designs against a floral-diapered ground, all above a band of overlapping lotus petals and a ring-band above the foot.


Provenance:
New York trade.

Condition:
Good condition commensurate with age with some old wear and firing flaws, including raised bubbles in the ceramic, pitting, and chips and cracks in the glaze.

Weight: 852.4 g
Dimensions: Height 17 cm. Width 16.5 cm


Stoneware oil bottles
were used in Korea during the Unified Silla and Goryeo periods to keep perfumed oils for the mixing of pigments used in cosmetics. These oils were generally made from fruit stones, rice bran and castor seeds.


This oil bottle has been decorated with an inlay technique called 'sanggam',
which was invented by Korean potters in the twelfth century. The design was incised into the clay body of the vessel and then filled with slip (diluted clay). Excess slip would have been removed before the piece was biscuit fired, then the bottle was covered with a translucent celadon glaze and fired again. The development of the sanggam inlay technique signifies the elegance and innovativeness of Goryeo ceramic production; no similar inlay technique was used by Chinese craftsmen at the time.


Literature comparison:

Compare a related oil bottle dated to the 12th century, 8 cm in diameter, in the Princeton University Art Museum, reference number y1966-54.


Auction result comparison:

Type: Related
Auction: Sotheby’s New York, 19 March 2013, lot 51
Price: USD 6,250 or approx.
EUR 7,500
converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A Korean slip-inlaid celadon stoneware oil bottle, Goryeo dynasty, 13th century
Expert remark: Compare the related inlay technique and floral designs.




高麗王朝青釉內嵌花卉炻器油瓶

韓國，十二至十三世紀。侈口，縮頸，微扁球體，圈足。 肩部倒蓮花紋，瓶身錦地，兩面開光，開光中有盛開的荷花和卷葉紋。足部上方蓮花瓣紋，足部串珠紋帶。


來源：
紐約古玩交易。

品相：
狀況良好，有一些磨損和燒製缺陷，包括陶瓷中的氣泡、凹坑、釉料中的碎片和裂紋。

重量：852.4 克
尺寸：高 17 釐米和寬 16.5 釐米


在新羅和高麗統一時期，韓國使用炻器油瓶來保存香油
，來混合化妝品需要的顏料。這些油通常由果仁、米和蓖麻籽製成。


這種鑲嵌技術在韓國被稱為桑乾風格
。在這種技術中，陶工將設計雕刻成半乾陶器，並將材料放入黑色或白色粘土的裝飾中。在燒坯之前，多餘的釉漿會被去除，然後瓶子上覆蓋半透明的青瓷釉並再次燒製。


文獻比較：

比較一件相近的十二世紀炻器油瓶，直徑8 厘米，收藏於普林斯頓大學藝術博物館，館藏編號y1966-54。


拍賣結果比較：

形制：相近
拍賣：紐約蘇富比，2013年3月19日，lot 51
價格：USD 6,250（相當於今日
EUR 7,500
）
描述：高麗朝十三世紀青磁象嵌纏枝菊花紋油瓶
專家評論：比較相近的鑲嵌技術和花紋。