A SMALL KOREAN CELADON GLAZED OIL BOTTLE OR JAR 12TH-13TH CENTURY Of compressed circular form...

A SMALL KOREAN CELADON GLAZED OIL BOTTLE OR JAR

12TH-13TH CENTURY

Of compressed circular form with an everted rim, the body decorated with curling leafy foliage, a paper label for Bluett & Sons, London, raised on a hardwood stand, 7.5cm across. (2)

Provenance: the collection of Mr and Mrs Basil Drewe, and thence by descent.

Cf. C Kim & G Gompertz, The Ceramic Art of Korea, pp.106-108, where other examples of oil bottles are illustrated; see also The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession no.19.39.6.