Bidspirit auction | 12th Century: Goryeo Celadon Kundika

12th Century: Goryeo Celadon Kundika Ritual Water Vessel with Willow Design - A superb 12th-century Goryeo celadon kundika (ritual water vessel), elegant in silhouette: flared mouth, graceful neck, gently rounded body tapering to a steady base, with a short, poised spout to one side—balanced, serene, and beautifully proportioned. Wrapped in soft, misty celadon glaze of pale bluish-grey hue, softly lustrous with fine, silken crackle glazing the surface in a web of quiet age. Across the body, a willow tree is painted in iron-black underglaze: slender trunk, trailing branches, and delicate leaves rendered with remarkable economy—brushwork swift, sure, and lyrical, like a scholarly ink painting brought to porcelain. The iron pigment deepens and softens against the jade ground, quiet yet vivid, full of the gentle movement of spring breeze. In form, glaze, and the poetic freedom of its brushwork, this is a deeply expressive Goryeo masterpiece—where ceramic craft meets the soul of East Asian painting.