Korean Carved Celadon Vase, Maebyeong, Goryeo Style, Early 20th Century

A sublime Korean celadon glazed cup mouth bottle vase, Goryeo Dynasty, 12th century, Korea. The elegant bottle vase, originally used to serve wine, features a gorgeous Goryeo celadon...

A fine and well carved Chinese spinach jade incense tool vase, Qing Dynasty, Qianlong or Jiaqing Period, 18th/19th century, China. The small jade vase ...

An unusually large Vietnamese celadon glazed stoneware bowl with carved lotus petal design, Ly or Tran Dynasty, 13th - 14th century, Vietnam. The large bowl or offering vessel of generous proportions, rising on a short, unglazed foot ring, revealing the reddish buff stoneware body. The globular body elegantly tapered. The lower section deeply carved with a traditional stylized lotus petal design, a band of incised lines above. The upper section of the vessel ribbed, and carved with long, elegant lotus petals that taper upwards, terminating in rounded ends. Another band of incised lines circumscribe the mouth. The vessel glazed in a wonderful olive celadon glaze. The glaze stopping neatly at the mouth rim. The transparent celadon glaze thinning slightly along the raised sections, and pooling in the recesses, adding additional depth and texture. The celadon with wonderful yellow undertones, giving an overall olive hue. Reference: For four similar, but smaller examples, all dated 13th-14th century, see Stevenson & Guy, "Vietnamese Ceramics...

An understated and very heavily potted celadon glazed Korean ritual ewer or water sprinkler, kundinka, Goryeo Dynasty, 13th-14th century. The unusu...

A large Korean celadon vase with decor of flying cranes and clouds. Some firing defects as usual in this kind of ceramic but no chips and no hairli...

Potted in a balanced baluster form with a gently flared mouth and a stable foot, this vase presents a calm and harmonious silhouette. Animal-form handles holding looped rings add scu...

This vase features a traditional vase coated with a clear and rich green celadon glaze. A fine network of crazing covers the surface. The neck is adorned with raised vine motifs, whi...

A small Korean ceramic celadon bottle vase with inlay design from Goryeo Dynasty (918 to 1392AD) circa 12th century. The vase has a classic baluster form with a slightly flared mouth...