Jar with flattened sides

Object Details

• Description

  Jar: ovoidal with two flattened sides; base barely recessed within flat rim, has nearly complete ring of earthy material from kiln; extensive gold lacquer repair of body and lip; heavily potted.

  Clay: porcellanous, gray.

  Glaze: gray-green celadon; uneven flow; partial and thin on base; many flaws, pits and pinholes; areas of surface deterioration from burial. Fine color quality with bluish tone evident in thick and pooled areas, as inside lip.

  Decoration: stamped, incised and inlaid with white and black clays (slip) under the glaze. Portions of the white decoration have a relief effect apparently due to thick collection of glaze over those areas and perhaps to a thicker application or piling up of the slip.

• Provenance

  Kojima Collection, Nagasaki [1]

  To 1904

  Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1904 [2]

  From 1904

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company, New York in 1904 [3]

  From 1920

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [4]

  Notes:

  [1] Undated folder sheet note. Also see Original Pottery List, L. 1330, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

  [2] See note 1.

  [3] See note 1.

  [4] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  The Peacock Room Comes to America [2022] (September 3, 2022 - ongoing)

  The Peacock Room Comes to America [2017-2019] (October 14, 2017 to January 2, 2019)

  The Peacock Room Comes to America [2011-2016] (April 9, 2011 to January 4, 2016)

  Korean Art (March 20, 1982 to 2 April 1984)

  Korean Ceramics (April 11, 1978 to October 13, 1978)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Kojima Collection

  Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  Gangjin or Buan kilns, Jeolla-do province, Korea

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Vessel

• On View

  Freer Gallery 12: The Peacock Room Comes to America

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1200s, 1300s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, Yamanaka and Co., Kojima

• Place

  Gangjin, Jeolla-do province, Buan kilns, Korea

• Topic

  Goryeo period (918 - 1392), Charles Lang Freer collection, Art, Inlay (process), Lacquer repair, Green glaze, Stoneware, Lacquer, Korean Art, Ceramics

• Culture

  Koreans

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)

• On View

  Yes