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Goryeo Celadon Cup Stand
Goryeo Dynasty, 11th - 12th c., Korea
Diameter: 15cm
A stoneware cup stand with a tall, flared petal-form base surmounted by a foliate plate-form rim with incised floral decoration in each section. The cup receptacle is a truncated dome with deeply incised lotus petals and a ridged rim. the interior of the receptacle is also decorated with an incised flower. The entire piece is covered with a sweet bluish-green celadon glaze of ideal tone.
Condition:
No structural damage.
Small glaze crawls where the receptacle meets the plate. The plate section is somewhat warped.
Provenance:
John R. Menke Collection and thence by decent.
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