Jar with Floral Scroll Decor | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1991.591
Title: Jar with Floral Scroll Decor
Classification: Vessels
Work Type: vessel
Date: 16th century
Places: Creation Place: East Asia, Korea
Period: Chosŏn dynasty, 1392-1910
Culture: Korean
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/201148

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Punch'ŏng ware: light gray stoneware with pale celadon glaze over decoration painted in iron-brown slip on the white-slip ground. Made near Kongju, at the foot of Mount Kyeryong, South Ch'ungch'ŏng province.
Technique: Punch'ong
Dimensions: H. 12 x Diam. 15.3 cm (4 3/4 x 6 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: 1991.591
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. 50, no. 103

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