1991.504: Pedestal Vessel with Flaring Base, Loop Handle, and Crosshatch and Openwork Decor

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1991.504

Title

Pedestal Vessel with Flaring Base, Loop Handle, and Crosshatch and Openwork Decor

Classification

Vessels

Work Type

vessel

Date

5th century

Places

Creation Place: East Asia, Korea

Period

Three Kingdoms period, Kaya, 42 BCE-562 CE

Culture

Korean

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/201527

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Light gray stoneware with incised and openwork decoration and with traces of natural ash glaze

Dimensions

H. 16.4 x Diam. 14.3 cm (6 7/16 x 5 5/8 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

1991.504

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. 24, no. 16

Exhibition History

• 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/07/2016 - 05/08/2016

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