1991.547: Miniature Seated Monkey with Hands Covering Its Mouth, Intended as a Handle for a Ceramic Seal

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1991.547

Title

Miniature Seated Monkey with Hands Covering Its Mouth, Intended as a Handle for a Ceramic Seal

Classification

Sculpture

Work Type

sculpture, figurine

Date

first half 12th century

Places

Creation Place: East Asia, Korea

Period

Koryŏ dynasty, 918-1392

Culture

Korean

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/201378

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze, the eyes dotted with black slip. Reportedly recovered in Ch'ulp'o, near the Puan kilns, Puan-gun, North Chŏlla province, in 1965.

Technique

Celadon

Dimensions

H. 2.2 x W. 1.4 x D. 1.1 cm (7/8 x 9/16 x 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

1991.547

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. 37, no. 59

Exhibition History

• Masterworks of East Asian Painting, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 11/03/1995 - 06/09/1996
• A Decade of Collecting: Asian Acquisitions 1990-1999, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 03/11/2000 - 11/05/2000
• Plum, Orchid, Chrysanthemum, and Bamboo: Botanical Motifs and Symbols in East Asian Painting, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 07/06/2002 - 01/05/2003
• Rocks, Mountains, Landscapes and Gardens: The Essence of East Asian Painting ('04), Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 01/31/2004 - 08/01/2004
• A Compelling Legacy: Masterworks of East Asian Painting, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 08/24/2004 - 03/20/2005
• Forging the New: East Asian Painting in the Twentieth Century, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 05/03/2005 - 10/16/2005
• Re-View: S228-230 Arts of Asia, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 05/31/2008 - 06/01/2013

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