{"product_id":"celadon-bottle-vase-pure-celadon-long-necked-form","title":"Celadon Bottle Vase: Pure Celadon Long-Necked Form","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"1853\" data-end=\"1969\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis work is chosen by those who understand that simplicity is not emptiness, but a more exacting form of attention.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1971\" data-end=\"2042\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e“The surface is silent, yet the glaze records every movement of light.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2044\" data-end=\"2394\"\u003eCreated by Kwon O Hak, a master ceramic artisan of Icheon, this celadon bottle vase reduces the language of Korean ceramic beauty to three essential elements: proportion, glaze, and breath. There is no pictorial scene to guide the eye, no auspicious motif to explain the work in symbolic terms. Instead, the vase asks to be read through its own body.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2396\" data-end=\"2903\"\u003eThe form is carefully judged. A long, upright neck rises with clarity before opening into a restrained lip, while the lower body expands into a broad, rounded volume. The transition between neck and shoulder is particularly important. It is neither abrupt nor overly softened; it allows the eye to move downward in one continuous line, from vertical poise into rounded fullness. This is why the silhouette feels calm rather than plain. Its strength lies in the measured relationship between lift and weight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2905\" data-end=\"3432\"\u003eThe choice to leave the vase without decorative motifs is not a lack of embellishment, but a deliberate act of refinement. In many celadon works, surface imagery carries meaning through cranes, clouds, flowers, or landscape. Here, meaning is carried by the glaze itself. The blue-green tone gathers differently across the curve, deepening in shadow and brightening where light touches the rounded body. The fine crackle within the glaze becomes a quiet visual field, delicate but not fragile, visible only through slow looking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3434\" data-end=\"3797\"\u003eThis open surface also changes the viewer’s pace. One cannot read the object quickly through narrative motifs. Instead, the gaze returns to the curve, to the slight swelling of the body, to the way the glaze settles across the shoulder and neck. The vase becomes less a decorated object than a study in containment: clay shaped to hold volume, light, and silence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3799\" data-end=\"4179\"\u003eIts resemblance to a wine decanter gives the form a familiar elegance, but the work remains firmly within the discipline of Korean celadon. The reference is one of silhouette and grace, not a departure into utility. What matters is the way the ceramic body borrows the poised refinement of a vessel associated with pouring, while becoming an object of stillness and contemplation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4181\" data-end=\"4521\"\u003eFor Kwon O Hak, such restraint requires confidence. When ornament is removed, any imbalance becomes visible. The curve must be exact, the shoulder controlled, the glaze even yet alive. This vase succeeds because it allows nothing unnecessary to remain. It is a work of quiet authority, where the beauty of celadon is allowed to stand alone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDiameter- 22cm (8.66 inch)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHeight-29cm (11.42 inch)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVolume- 2250 ml\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelated Links\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"About Celadon\" href=\"https:\/\/www.artinko.com\/blogs\/korean-culture\/about-celadon\"\u003eAbout Celadon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Celadons","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52258010857703,"sku":null,"price":497.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/0100\/1191\/files\/A9C9594E-E32D-4EE8-8300-7B5FC65DD38C.jpg?v=1782670176","url":"https:\/\/www.artinko.com\/products\/celadon-bottle-vase-pure-celadon-long-necked-form","provider":"ArtinKo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}