Celadon sherd with a band of key-fret pattern (Korean: beongaemuni - "thunder"-pattern) inlaid with black slip under a greenish-tinged (celadon) glaze. The glaze has a crackle and fired a yellowish color. The sherd includes a part of a lip, with a flange to hold a lid in place, and a base. Traces from two clay pads can be seen in the angle of the lip, and the base bears scars from two silica chips. This was originally part of the container of a celadon box covered with a lid.
This sherd is probably a kiln waster - a piece of ceramic that did not fire successfully. Sherds of this kind, which are usually found at kiln sites and the surrounding areas, are valuable for art historical and archaeological research. Sherds do not only reveal information about the production process, techniques and materials used and the types of ceramics produced at specific kiln sites, but they also serve as important indicators for tracing back ceramic objects to their sites of production. Hence, sherds help to date and to understand the historical, social and cultural contexts of ceramic objects.
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