1991.512: Chariot Vessel with Two Cups, Two Openwork Wheels, and Openwork, Flaring Base

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1991.512

Title

Chariot Vessel with Two Cups, Two Openwork Wheels, and Openwork, Flaring Base

Classification

Vessels

Work Type

vessel

Date

first half 6th century

Places

Creation Place: East Asia, Korea

Period

Three Kingdoms period, Silla or Kaya

Culture

Korean

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/201597

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Kaya-type ware: gray stoneware with appliqué and openwork decoration and with traces of natural ash glaze. Reportedly recovered from a tomb in Hyŏnp'ung-myŏn, Talsŏng-gun, near Kyŏngju, North Kyŏngsang province, in July 1962.

Dimensions

H. 15.4 x W. 10.9 x Diam (of wheel). 11.2 cm (6 1/16 x 4 5/16 x 4 7/16 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

1991.512

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. 26, no. 24

Exhibition History

• Korean Art Collections in the United States, National Museum of Korea, Seoul, 06/04/2012 - 08/05/2012

Subjects and Contexts

• Google Art Project
• Collection Highlights

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