1991.580: Stem Cup with Rope-Curtain and Stylized Floral Decor and with Inscription (Nae Sŏm)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1991.580

Title

Stem Cup with Rope-Curtain and Stylized Floral Decor and with Inscription (Nae Sŏm)

Classification

Vessels

Work Type

vessel

Date

probably first half 15th century

Places

Creation Place: East Asia, Korea

Period

Chosŏn dynasty, 1392-1910

Culture

Korean

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/201172

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Punch'ŏng ware: light gray stoneware with pale celadon glaze over stamped decoration inlaid with white slip

Technique

Punch'ong

Dimensions

H. 8.3 x Diam. 12 cm (3 1/4 x 4 3/4 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

1991.580

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. 47, no. 92

Exhibition History

• A Decade of Collecting: Asian Acquisitions 1990-1999, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 03/11/2000 - 11/05/2000
• 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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