1991.561: Circular Bowl with Abstract Floral Decor and Inscription Reading "Sa-sŏn" (a government office established in the late 13th century)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1991.561

Title

Circular Bowl with Abstract Floral Decor and Inscription Reading "Sa-sŏn" (a government office established in the late 13th century)

Classification

Vessels

Work Type

vessel

Date

late 13th-early 14th century

Places

Creation Place: East Asia, Korea

Period

Koryŏ dynasty, 918-1392

Culture

Korean

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/201107

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Inlaid celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over decoration inlaid in black and white slip, the inscription picked out in gold. Reportedly recovered in Naega-myŏn, Kangwha Island, Kyŏnggi province.

Technique

Celadon

Dimensions

H. 8.6 x Diam. 15.4 cm (3 3/8 x 6 1/16 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

1991.561

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. 41, no. 73

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