1991.588: Pear-Shaped Bottle with Stylized Floral Decor

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1991.588

Title

Pear-Shaped Bottle with Stylized Floral Decor

Classification

Vessels

Work Type

vessel

Date

15th century

Places

Creation Place: East Asia, Korea

Period

Chosŏn dynasty, 1392-1910

Culture

Korean

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/182458

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Punch'ŏng ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over decoration carved and incised through the white-slip ground

Technique

Punch'ong

Dimensions

H. 31.8 x Diam. 16.2 cm (12 1/2 x 6 3/8 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

1991.588

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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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. 50, no. 100

Exhibition History

• Cultivating Virtue: Botanical Motifs and Symbols in East Asian Art, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 07/08/2006 - 04/08/2007

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