Bottle
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Period
14th century -
Geography
Gangjin or Buan kilns, Jeolla-do province, Korea -
Material
Stoneware with white and black inlays under celadon glaze -
Dimension
H x Diam (overall): 31.2 x 18.3 cm (12 5/16 x 7 3/16 in) -
Accession Number
F1909.26 -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F1909.26
Object Details
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Description
Bottle, large pear-shaped modeled lightly with six lobes; low foot; silver rimmed lip; open crack.Clay: soft, buff.Glaze: highly lustrous greenish-gray celadon, crackled, with areas of brownish discoloration and of the frosting of incipient decay. Footrim and base unglazed.Decoration: inlaid in white and black paste under glaze: vertical chrysanthemum vinescrolls, one in each lobe, ending in "buds" on neck. -
Provenance
To 1909Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1909 [1]From 1909 to 1919Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1909 [2]From 1920Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]Notes:[1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Pottery List, L. 1915, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.[2] See note 1.[3] 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 Power to See Beauty (October 14, 2017 to September 6, 2022)Korean Art (March 20, 1980 to March 3, 1981) -
Previous custodian or owner
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 -
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