Celadon Ewer and Saucer with Paste-on-paste Floral Design

This Celadon Ewer and Saucer with Paste-on-paste Floral Design is a complete matching set consisting of an ewer, its lid, and a saucer. The lid is a small disc shape, the body of the ewer forms a ball-like sphere, and the saucer, with its rim flared widely outward, has a broad, flat interior floor. The design was painted using the paste-on-paste (twaehwa) technique, in which finely refined white slip (baekto) and reddish-brown slip (jato) are applied with a brush. Simple flower petals were painted on the lid, while large, fully bloomed flowers were painted in bold, confident brushwork on the front and back of the ewer, and the spout and handle were painted with attention to the balance of black and white. On the saucer, simplified flowers were painted at three evenly spaced points on the outer surface. A soft, translucent greyish-blue glaze was applied somewhat thickly; the ewer and saucer were fired on a support of yellowish-brown sand, and traces remain on the lid of a support of white refractory clay. The powerful form, with its round body and thick, sturdy spout and handle, the vigorous, rapid brushwork of the design, and the transparent greyish-blue glaze together display, without reservation, the refined celadon style of the twelfth century.

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Where it is

Region

Yongsan-gu, Seoul

Designation

Treasure · 보물