1991.526: Domed Cover with Small Knob in the Form of a Lotus Bud
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1991.526
- Title
- Domed Cover with Small Knob in the Form of a Lotus Bud
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- cover
- Date
- 8th-9th century
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, Korea
- Period
- Unified Silla dynasty, 668-935
- Culture
- Korean
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/201345
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Lead-glazed ware: light gray earthenware with incised decoration under emerald green, lead-fluxed glaze. Reportedly recovered in Ch'angnyŏng, South Kyŏngsang province.
- Dimensions
- H. 8.3 x Diam. 11.2 cm (3 1/4 x 4 7/16 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
- 1991.526
- 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. 30, no. 38
Verification Level
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