2010.536.A-B: Covered Faceted Jar with Abstract Decor
Vessels
This object does not yet have a description.
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2010.536.A-B
- Title
- Covered Faceted Jar with Abstract Decor
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- 19th century
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, Korea
- Period
- Chosŏn dynasty, 1392-1910
- Culture
- Korean
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/94070
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Glazed ceramic ware: light gray stoneware with mottled brown glaze over incised decoration. Made in Namwŏn-gun, North Chŏlla province.
- Dimensions
-
jar with cover: H. 24.6 cm (9 11/16 in.)
jar only: H. 21.9 cm (8 5/8 in.)
across facets: W. 21 cm (8 1/4 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Jerry Lee Musslewhite, Dallas, Texas (mid-1960s - November 2009); to Estate of Jerry Lee Musslewhite (November 2009 - September 2010), by gift; to the Harvard Art Museums (September 2010).
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Jerry Lee Musslewhite Estate
- Accession Year
- 2010
- Object Number
- 2010.536.A-B
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request.
Descriptions
- Description
- Resting on a circular footring, this jar's lowest portion resembles a bowl with rapidly expanding sides. The vessel's midsection boasts thirteen vertical facets, each with arched top and bottom. The circular, angled shoulder, which gives rise to the short, ring-like neck, echoes the form of the jar's lowest portion; the overall bilaterally symmetrical form gives the vessel visual and actual stability. The cover, which resembles an overturned dish, also echoes the jar's lowest portion, particularly since its short, circular handle resembles the jar's footring. The jar and cover are undecorated, save the faceting of its side walls and the incised wavy line that embellishes its shoulder and that is bordered by a pair of incised bowstring lines at the base of the shoulder and by a similar pair at the base of the neck. A thin coating of medium brown glaze covers the jar inside and out, except for the bottom of the footring and the inside of the neck; the same glaze covers the exterior of the cover.
Verification Level
This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu