A gray green bowl with a short, narrow base, decorated with cranes and other designs
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Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College

The speckled muted gray-green bowl is decorated inside and out with designs and motifs rendered in thin, flowing, off-white lines with accents in black. Inside the bowl is an overall pattern of short undulating lines like wispy clouds, and amid this an image of a crane in flight is occasionally repeated. Just below the rim is a narrow band containing interlocking triangles. A similar decorative border on the outside repeats the cranes and cloud motif. A broader band across the middle is filled with a floral leaf pattern and within this, repeated at intervals around the bowl is a circular medallion featuring a stylized chysanthemum.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1919.204
Title
Small Circular Bowl with Crane, Cloud, and Floral Decor
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
first half 13th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Korea
Period
Koryŏ dynasty, 918-1392
Culture
Korean
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/209348

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Inlaid celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over decoration inlaid in black and white slips
Technique
Celadon
Dimensions
H. 6.2 x Diam. 11.3 cm (2 7/16 x 4 7/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Hervey E. Wetzel (1988-1918), Boston, MA (by 1919), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1919.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Hervey E. Wetzel
Accession Year
1919
Object Number
1919.204
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • Plum, Orchid, Chrysanthemum, and Bamboo: Botanical Motifs and Symbols in East Asian Painting, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 07/06/2002 - 01/05/2003
  • Rocks, Mountains, Landscapes and Gardens: The Essence of East Asian Painting ('04), Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 01/31/2004 - 08/01/2004
  • A Compelling Legacy: Masterworks of East Asian Painting, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 08/24/2004 - 03/20/2005
  • Re-View: S228-230 Arts of Asia, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 05/31/2008 - 06/01/2013
  • 32Q: 2600 East Asian, Japanese, Chinese and Korean, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 12/03/2015 - 12/01/2016; Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 07/23/2022 - 12/05/2022

Verification Level

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