Box

Object Details

• Description

  Box, ribbed cylindrical with cover.

  Clay: soft, white. Porcelain.

  Glaze: cream-colored; crackled. Rims unglazed.

  Decoration: incised and modeled in paste under glaze. Flower enclosed by three leaves.

  Marks within basal circle.

• Marks

  Three spur-marks within basal circle.

• Provenance

  To 1890

  Unknown owners, Seoul, to 1890 [1]

  From 1890 to 1907

  Dr. Horace N. Allen (1858-1932), Toledo, Ohio, purchased in Seoul from unknown in 1890 [2]

  From 1907 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Dr. Horace N. Allen 1907 [3]

  From 1920

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

  Notes:

  [1] See Curatorial Remark 16, Louise Cort, January 4, 2012, in the object record, which states: "In Horace Allen's 1901 catalogue of his collection, he mentions that he acquired this box in Seoul in 1890" (see Horace Allen, Copy of a Certified Catalogue of a Collection of Ancient Korean Pottery [Seoul: 1901], pg. 11).

  [2] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Pottery List, L. 1619, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, Pamphlets S.I. 738 and S.I. 739, for Allen Correspondence, as well as Pamphlet S.I. 740, Original Allen Catalogue, No. 17, pg. 12. See also, note 1.

  [3] See note 2.

  [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

  Rediscovering Korea’s Past (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)

  Korean Art (May 9, 1993 to January 29, 1997)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Dr. Horace N. Allen (1858-1932) (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

  Container

• On View

  Freer Gallery 14: Rediscovering Korea's Past

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• Date

  1100s

• Name

  Allen, Horace N., Freer, Charles Lang

• Place

  Gangjin, Jeolla-do province, Buan kilns, Korea

• Topic

  Goryeo period (918 - 1392), Porcelain, Art, Clear glaze, Korean Art, Flowers, Koryo (Goryeo) white ware

• Culture

  Koreans

• Object Type

  Containers

• On View

  Yes