1991.594: Circular Moon Flask with Abstract Cloud, Floral, or Dragon Decor

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1991.594

Title

Circular Moon Flask with Abstract Cloud, Floral, or Dragon Decor

Classification

Vessels

Work Type

vessel

Date

first half 17th century

Places

Creation Place: East Asia, Korea

Period

Chosŏn dynasty, 1392-1910

Culture

Korean

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/201181

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Brown-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze iron-brown slip. Reportedly recovered from a tomb in Ansŏng, Kyŏnggi province.

Dimensions

H. 22.6 x W. 19.5 x D. 9.6 cm (8 7/8 x 7 11/16 x 3 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

1991.594

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. 51, no. 106

Exhibition History

• 32Q: 2600 East Asian, Japanese, Chinese and Korean, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 07/23/2022 - 12/05/2022

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