Keum Sun Lee/Sang Sool Shim two trinket boxes, one celadon glazed porcelain with koru design, the other glazed terracotta with purple flowers. Signed to base, diameter 4.72 in. & 5.51 in.
- Terracotta - Terracotta is lightly fired earthenware, red or reddish-brown in colour, used in ancient times. Fired at higher temperatures terracotta was used in the nineteenth century for decorative vases and similar objects, but rarely for utilitarian goods. Other uses for terracotta include roofing tiles, garden pots and ornaments. Glazed terracotta is known as faience.
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