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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1991.577
Title
Pear-Shaped Bottle with Fish Decor
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
late 14th-15th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Korea
Period
Chosŏn dynasty, 1392-1910
Culture
Korean
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/201113

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Punch'ŏng ware: light gray stoneware with pale celadon glaze over incised decoration inlaid in white slip. Reportedly recovered on Cheju Island in winter 1962-1963.
Technique
Punch'ong
Dimensions
H. 31.1 x Diam. 16.3 cm (12 1/4 x 6 7/16 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
1991.577
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. 46, no. 89

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