1991.529: Small Globular Bottle with Low Ring Foot, Vertical Ribs, and Stylized Floral Decor, the Bottle Originally with a Long Neck

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1991.529

Title

Small Globular Bottle with Low Ring Foot, Vertical Ribs, and Stylized Floral Decor, the Bottle Originally with a Long Neck

Classification

Vessels

Work Type

vessel

Date

8th-early 9th century

Places

Creation Place: East Asia, Korea

Period

Unified Silla dynasty, 668-935

Culture

Korean

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/201396

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Gray stoneware with stamped decoration and appliqué ribs and traces of natural ash glaze. Reportedly recovered near Kyŏngju, North Kyŏngsang province.

Dimensions

H. 14.6 x Diam. 12.6 cm (5 3/4 x 4 15/16 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

1991.529

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. 32, no. 41

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