Bowl with molded and carved lotus decoration
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Period
12th century -
Geography
Gangjin or Buan kilns, Jeolla-do province, Korea -
Material
Stoneware with celadon glaze -
Dimension
H x W: 8.6 x 17.3 cm (3 3/8 x 6 13/16 in) -
Accession Number
F1907.313 -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F1907.313
Object Details
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Description
Bowl, large ovoidal; deep, perfect foot; three spur marks. Rim chipped. Clay: hard, grayish, musical. Glaze: lustrous grayish-green; thin gray deposits inside. (removed) Decoration: carved in paste under glaze: overlapping lotus petals. -
Provenance
Unknown owners, Seoul [1]From 1884-1898 to 1907Dr. Horace N. Allen (1858-1932), Toledo, Ohio, purchased from unknown owners, in Seoul, during 1884-1898 [2]From 1907 to 1919Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Dr. Horace N. Allen in 1907 [3]From 1920Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [4]Notes:[1] Horace N. Allen acquired his collection in Seoul between 1884 and 1898. See Horace Allen, Copy of a Certified Catalogue of a Collection of Ancient Korean Pottery:purchased and owned by Horace Newton Allen (Nak Tong [Korea]: Seoul Press, 1901), pg. 7.[2] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Pottery List, L. 1630, 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. 30, pg. 13.[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)Cranes and Clouds: The Korean Art of Ceramic Inlay (November 5, 2011 to January 3, 2016)Korean Art (May 9, 1993 to January 29, 1997)Korean Ceramics of the Koryo Dynasty (May 9, 1993 to August 7, 2011)Korean Art (December 17, 1984 to June 23, 1986)Korean Art (March 20, 1982 to 2 April 1984)Korean Art (June 4, 1982 to September 23, 1982)Korean Art (July 15, 1981 to September 15, 1981)Korean Ceramics (April 11, 1978 to October 13, 1978)Korean Art (June 19, 1969 to November 10, 1976)Korean Art (November 2, 1959 to November 22, 1971) -
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
Vessel -
On View
Freer Gallery 14: Rediscovering Korea's Past -
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