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An off-white, vase-shaped bottle with dark painted on lines in a floral motif

From a short, circular stand at its base, the bottle curves outward for the lower third. There, it tapers to a narrow neck that flares out again slightly at the top, where a circular opening is ringed with a short ridge. The bottle is glazed in a speckled off white with horizontal striations seen throughout. Horizontal bands are demarcated by thin gray lines at various heights, and the widest band, across the middle features a freely painted design in dark flowing lines that depict abstract lotus leaves. Other bands, across the base and the neck are left unembellished.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1991.589
Title
Pear-Shaped Bottle with Stylized Lotus Decor
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
late 15th to early 16th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Korea
Period
Chosŏn dynasty, 1392-1910
Culture
Korean
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/201179

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. 31.4 x Diam. 17.3 cm (12 3/8 x 6 13/16 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
1991.589
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. 101

Exhibition History

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