Large Storage Jar | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1991.609
Title: Large Storage Jar
Classification: Vessels
Work Type: vessel
Date: late 17th century
Places: Creation Place: East Asia, Korea
Period: Chosŏn dynasty, 1392-1910
Culture: Korean
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/201095

Physical Descriptions

Medium: White ware: porcelain with light bluish glaze. Probably made in Yŏju, Kyŏnggi province.
Dimensions: H. 42.8 x Diam. 41.2 cm (16 7/8 x 16 1/4 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: 1991.609
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. 55, no. 121

Exhibition History

32Q: 2600 East Asian, Japanese, Chinese and Korean, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 06/09/2017 - 12/07/2017; Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 07/23/2022 - 12/05/2022

Verification Level

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1991.609: Large Storage Jar