The inlaid patterns that decorate this ewer were created by etching the motifs into a body, filling in the carved space with black and/or white slip, and then firing the entire vessel with a celadon glaze.
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Title:Wine Ewer with Chrysanthemums and Lotus Flowers
Period:Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)
Date:first half of the 13th century
Culture:Korea
Medium:Stoneware with inlaid decoration under celadon glaze
Dimensions:H. 9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm); W. 9 7/8 in. (25.1 cm)
Classification:Ceramics
Credit Line:Rogers Fund, 1913
Accession Number:13.195.1a, b
[ Friedrich Perzynski German, until 1913; sold to MMA]
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