1991.560.A-B: Circular Covered Box with Stylized Floral Decor, the Box and Cover Each with Vertical Fluting on the Sides

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1991.560.A-B

Title

Circular Covered Box with Stylized Floral Decor, the Box and Cover Each with Vertical Fluting on the Sides

Classification

Boxes

Work Type

box

Date

second half 13th century

Places

Creation Place: East Asia, Korea

Period

Koryŏ dynasty, 918-1392

Culture

Korean

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/201444

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Painted celadon ware: molded light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over decoration painted in copper-red and in black and white slips. Reportedly recovered in Changhŭng, South Chŏlla province, in 1963.

Technique

Celadon

Dimensions

H. 3.1 x Diam. 7.8 cm (1 1/4 x 3 1/16 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

1991.560.A-B

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request.

Publication History

• Gregory Henderson, Korean Ceramics: An Art's Variety, exh. cat., Ohio State University, Divisions of Art Gallery (Columbus, Ohio, 1969), p. 41, no. 72

Verification Level