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






A slip-inlaid celadon-glazed baluster vase, maebyong


Korea, Goryeo Dynasty, 12th centuryRising from a narrow foot to a broad shoulder before curving inwards to a small mouth, the elegantly potted baluster vase intricately embellished with a crane in flight, all covered in a sea-green hued glaze.30cm (11 3/4in) high
|ProvenanceAcquired by the vendor's husband when working as a doctor for the Red Cross in Korea in the 1950s, and thence by descent.