2006.126: Moon Jar (Tal-hang-a-ri)
VesselsA pure white porcelain vase stands upright on a dark grey background. The piece has a round body that slightly points out around the center, a small flat foot, and a short flat top lip that flares slightly out. The piece has no signs of wear or discoloration.
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2006.126
- People
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Park Young Sook (born 1947)
- Title
- Moon Jar (Tal-hang-a-ri)
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- 2003
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, Korea
- Culture
- Korean
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/317239
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Porcelain with pale blue glaze; with character reading "Hyang" (Chinese, "Xiang") inscribed in underglaze cobalt blue on the base; and with date reading "2003.11.3." inscribed in underglaze cobalt blue on the inside of the footring
- Dimensions
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Max. H. 65.4 x Diam. 59.9 cm (25 3/4 x 23 9/16 in.)
75 lb
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Pak Yŏng-suk, Kyŏngju, Korea (2003-2006), sold; [through Hyundai Gallery, Seoul and Gallery Pahk, New York, 2006]; to Jenie and Moonseok Kang, 2006, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Jenie and Moonseok Kang (Harvard Business School ’87)
- Accession Year
- 2006
- Object Number
- 2006.126
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Exhibition History
- Cultivating Virtue: Botanical Motifs and Symbols in East Asian Art, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 07/08/2006 - 04/08/2007
- Re-View: S228-230 Arts of Asia, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 05/31/2008 - 06/01/2013
- Cultivating Virtue: Botanical Motifs and Symbols in East Asian Art, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 05/12/2012 - 06/01/2013
- 32Q: 2600 East Asian, Japanese, Chinese and Korean, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 05/31/2015
- Earthly Delights: 6,000 Years of Asian Ceramics, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/21/2022 - 08/14/2022
Verification Level
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