Bowl with floral design, first half 12th century, Unknown Korean, 2 3/4 × 7 3/8 × 7 1/4 in. ( × × cm), Stoneware with mold-impressed design under celadon glaze, Korea, 12th century, High-fired ceramics with a green-blue celadon glaze were introduced to the Korean peninsula from China in the tenth century. Within a century or two, Korean artisans had developed their own distinctive tradition of celadon ware—the only variety of high-fired ware produced in the Goryeo period—that received high praise even from the Chinese. The inside of this thin-bodied bowl is decorated

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