Celadon Bottle with Bamboo Design in Relief

A Goryeo celadon bottle, 33.8 cm high, 8.4 cm across the mouth and 13.5 cm across the base. The mouth flares wide like a trumpet, the neck is long and the lower body full. Bamboo is carved in relief from neck to lower body, its joints shown by double incised lines. The glaze is a clear light green, with some crackle. The beautiful curve that runs soft and supple from mouth to base has real grace, and the fullness of the lower body gives it stability. It is formed as a bundle of bamboo: the stems rising from the base join in pairs as they pass the shoulder to form the very narrow long neck — an unobtrusive but skilful handling of what could have been a cluttered neck.

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Where it is

Region

Yongsan-gu, Seoul

Designation

National Treasure · 국보