Goryeo Celadon small Tea bowl with Slip-trailed Chrysanthemum design

A small celadon Tea bowl made during the Goryeo period. It has a high, firm base with a rounded body and a slightly narrow mouth. Three chrysanthemum patterns are applied to the body in white and black clay, using the slip-trailed technique of squeezing decorative clay from a narrow mouth and raising it up. Goryeo celadon of the time was mainly inlaid, where clay is filled into dug grooves, and there are very few surviving examples of slip-trailed celadon like this piece. The raised three-dimensional effect and blurred lines unique to slip-trailed celadon give it a wonderful texture not found in inlay. The celadon covering the entire piece is a gray-blue color with fine, dark crackle glazed surfaces. Another characteristic of Goryeo celadon is the marks left by three stones placed on the bottom and then fired. There is a 1cm crack on part of the inside rim, but it has been repaired.There are several scratches on the surface and a small chip at the bottom.Although the surface is slightly aged, it has a good luster.