1991.541: Circular Cup Stand with Foliated Rim
VesselsA round tray divided into petal-shaped sections, surrounds a cup that rises from its center, while supported below by a round base that is the same width as the cup. The outer side of the tray is a short flat wall, with a sharp edge at the top, while the tray’s surface slopes gently downward toward the cup. The piece is glazed in a rich moss green, speckled with orange and dark green, and shading to a light tan at the edges. It is covered with fine surface cracks throughout.
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1991.541
- Title
- Circular Cup Stand with Foliated Rim
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- stand
- Date
- first half 12th century
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, Korea
- Period
- Koryŏ dynasty, 918-1392
- Culture
- Korean
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/201376
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Plain celadon ware: molded light gray stoneware with celadon glaze
- Technique
- Celadon
- Dimensions
- H. 7.5 x Diam. 15.7 cm (2 15/16 x 6 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
- 1991.541
- 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. 35, no. 53
- Edward B. Adams, Korea's Pottery Heritage, Volume II, Seoul International Publishing House (Seoul, Korea, 1989), p. 37, pl. 31; p. 114, no. 31
- Christian Boehm, Korean Celadon and Buncheong Ware in the Harvard Art Museums, Arts of Asia (Hong Kong, Autumn 2023), pp. 106-, pp. 106-107, fig. 3
Verification Level
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