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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1991.567
Title
Lobed, Melon-Shaped Ewer with Decoration of Two Ginseng Branches, Each with Two Leaf Sprays
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
12th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Korea
Period
Koryŏ dynasty, 918-1392
Culture
Korean
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/201434

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Slip-painted black ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over decoration painted in white slip on a black slip ground. Reportedly recovered on Cheju Island.
Technique
Celadon
Dimensions
H. 16 x Diam. 14.1 cm (6 5/16 x 5 9/16 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
1991.567
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. 43, no. 79
  • Edward B. Adams, Korea's Pottery Heritage, Volume II, Seoul International Publishing House (Seoul, Korea, 1989), p. 81, pl. 92; pp. 133-134, no. 92
  • Carolyn Kyongshin Koh Choo, Traditional Korean Ceramics: A Look by a Scientist, Designnanoom (Seoul, 2016), p. 216, fig. 10-12

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