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A gray green bottle with rounded shoulders and a narrow opening featuring a floral design

Glazed in pale green, a round bottle narrows slightly at the circular base, before curving outward almost all the way to the top. The shoulders of the bottle curve back inward to a very short narrow neck, topped by a short ridge around the opening. The sides are filled with a design of curving flowing lines in green, that depict large peony-like flowers, curving stems and curling leaves. Along the base, the lower quarter is bordered with a pattern of oblong curving leaves side by side. A similar border rings the top.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1991.549
Title
'Maebyŏng' Bottle with Stylized Floral Decor
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
first half 12th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Korea
Period
Koryŏ dynasty, 918-1392
Culture
Korean
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/201380

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Incised celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised decoration
Technique
Celadon
Dimensions
H. 23.3 x Diam. 16 cm (9 3/16 x 6 5/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Gregory (1922-1988) and Maria C. Henderson (1923-2007), Medford, MA (by 1969-1988), inherited; by Maria C. Henderson, Medford, MA (1988-1991), partial gift and partial purchase; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1991.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Partial gift of Maria C. Henderson and partial purchase through the Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane Fund for Asian Art
Accession Year
1991
Object Number
1991.549
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Gregory Henderson, Korean Ceramics: An Art's Variety, exh. cat., Ohio State University, Divisions of Art Gallery (Columbus, Ohio, 1969), p. 38, no. 61

Exhibition History

  • A Decade of Collecting: Asian Acquisitions 1990-1999, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 03/11/2000 - 11/05/2000

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