A VERY RARE CELADON-GLAZED EWER WITH BLOSSOM-SHAPED COVER AND BIRD FINIAL

Description:

Korea, Goryeo dynasty, ca. 12th c.
H. 21,8 cm
In the family for over 100 years, acquired by Dr. Adam Breuer ( 1868 - 1944 ) in London, where he worked as an ophthalmologist and eye surgeon, for his collection around 1900
Published: Auction catalogue : Die Sammlung Dr. A. Breuer / Berlin, Ostasiatische Kunst, introduction Prof. Dr. Otto Kümmel, Paul Cassirer and Hugo Helbig, 15.5.1929, p. 20, no. 29, ill. plat
The cover slightly chipped, the spout re-stuck, the glaze changes between olive and blue green shades