Korean ceramics from a Swiss private collection (Lots 514-519)






A group of five vessels


Korea, Goryeo Dynasty and laterComprising: a slip-inlaid conical saddle cup; a small celadon-glazed globular jarlet with dish-shaped mouth; a shallow dish with slip-inlaid celadon designs of lotus lappets and chrysanthemum flowerheads; a further slip incised cup with very glassy glaze; and a tall, celadon-glazed conical cup.The saddle cup: 9cm (3 1/2in) high (5).
|ProvenanceAcquired by the vendor's husband when working as a doctor for the Red Cross in Korea in the 1950s, and thence by descent.For a similar saddle cup, see the Victoria and Albert Museum, collection no. C.872-1936.