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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1991.536
Title
Gourd-Shaped Bottle
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
9th-11th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Korea
Period
Unified Silla (668-935) to Koryŏ (918-1392) dynasty
Culture
Korean
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/201398

Location

Location
Level 2, Room 2600, East Asian Art, East Asian Painting and Decorative Arts
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Physical Descriptions

Medium
Stoneware with splashes of wood ash glaze
Dimensions
H. 42 x Diam. 21.1 cm (16 9/16 x 8 5/16 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
1991.536
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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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. 34, no. 48
  • Robert D. Mowry, First Under Heaven: The Henderson Collection of Korean Ceramics, brochure, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1992), n.p.

Exhibition History

  • Korean Art Collections in the United States, National Museum of Korea, Seoul, 06/04/2012 - 08/05/2012
  • 32Q: 2600 East Asian, Japanese, Chinese and Korean, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 07/23/2022 - 12/05/2022; Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 06/04/2023 - 06/01/2025; Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 12/04/2023 - 01/01/2050

Verification Level

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