1991.511: Pedestal Cup (So-Called "Bell Cup") with Rattle Chamber and with Abstract Openwork Decoration

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1991.511

Title

Pedestal Cup (So-Called "Bell Cup") with Rattle Chamber and with Abstract Openwork Decoration

Classification

Vessels

Work Type

vessel

Date

5th-first half 6th century

Places

Creation Place: East Asia, Korea

Period

Three Kingdoms period, Silla, 57 BCE-668 CE

Culture

Korean

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/201339

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Gray stoneware with incised, combed, and openwork decoration and with splashes of natural ash glaze. Reportedly recovered in Hyŏnp'ung-myŏn, Talsŏng-gun, near Kyŏngju, North Kyŏngsang province, in 1961.

Dimensions

H. 21.9 x Diam. 10.7 cm (8 5/8 x 4 3/16 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

1991.511

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. 26, no. 23

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