1991.509.2: Horn Cup

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1991.509.2

Title

Horn Cup

Classification

Vessels

Work Type

vessel

Date

late 5th-early 6th century

Places

Creation Place: East Asia, Korea

Period

Three Kingdoms period, Silla, 57 BCE-668 CE

Culture

Korean

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/201535

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Gray stoneware

Dimensions

L. 34.2 x Diam. 12.5 cm (13 7/16 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

1991.509.2

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Robert P. Griffing, Jr., The Art of the Korean Potter; Silla, Koryô, Yi, exh. cat., Asia Society Museum (New York, NY, 1968), p. 62, no. 10; p. 117, no. 10
• Gregory Henderson, Korean Ceramics: An Art's Variety, exh. cat., Ohio State University, Divisions of Art Gallery (Columbus, Ohio, 1969), p. 25, no. 21
• Robert D. Mowry, First Under Heaven: The Henderson Collection of Korean Ceramics, brochure, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1992), n.p.

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