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A FOOTED ‘WILD DUCK’ STONEWARE VESSEL, THREE KINGDOMS PERIOD, 5TH-6TH CENTURY
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09月11日 下午5点 开拍
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A FOOTED ‘WILD DUCK’ STONEWARE VESSEL, THREE KINGDOMS PERIOD, 5TH-6TH CENTURY
This lot is from a single owner collection and is therefore offered without reserve

Korea. Supported on a high openwork foot with a spreading base and rising to a bird-form vessel featuring a prominent beak and a rounded, decorated body with incised wavy patterns within raised bowstrings following the contours of the body, the back and tail each opening to a wide circle aperture with a gently flaring mouth.

Provenance: The Collection of Sam and Myrna Myers, Paris, France. Acquired between circa 1965-2012.
Condition: Good condition, commensurate with age. Ancient wear, obvious losses, firing irregularities, chips, repairs, traces of weathering, soil encrustations.

Weight: 774.7 g
Dimensions: Height 18 cm, Length 24 cm

According to Korean folk belief, birds are auspicious creatures that provide a village with grain and, subsequently, peace and prosperity. Birds are intermediaries that traverse between the heavens and the Earth. Archaeological excavations of Bronze Age sites (10th to 4th century BC) in the Korean Peninsula have uncovered a wealth of artifacts associated with birds, and ducks in particular. Ducks—which divide their time between air, land, and water—are one of the main migratory birds inhabiting the peninsula, migrating and breeding according to the seasons. They are associated with the cyclical activities of agriculture, from sowing in the spring to harvesting in the autumn, and they are also symbols of marriage and fertility.

Ceramic vessels made in the shape of animals, people, or objects were quite popular during the Three Kingdoms Period. Animal-shaped vessels from Silla tombs tend to be in the form of ducks and horses, and they are believed to have been used as funerary objects which guided the souls of the deceased into the afterlife, rather than as vessels for everyday use. Hollow duck-shaped vessels were first produced during the Proto-Three Kingdoms Period, but those were much larger and had more simplified forms than these of the Three Kingdoms Period. This particular duck-shaped vessel appears to have come from Silla territory. The duck has a streamlined body, and it seems to be looking slightly downwards, with a coy expression. Liquids could be poured into the duck through the opening on its back, and then served through the spout formed by its tail.

Literature comparison:
Compare a closely related duck oil lamp, dated to the 6th century, in the Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento. Compare a related clay duck-shaped pottery vessel, Silla Kingdom, 17.5 cm high, in the National Museum of Korea, accession number Jeung121. Compare a related pair of duck-shaped pottery vessels, Gaya confederacy,16.5 cm high, in the National Museum of Korea, accession number Sinsu1110.

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拍品估价:1,500 - 3,000 欧元 起拍价格:800 欧元  买家佣金: 35.00%

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