Jar with lid
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Period
late 12th century -
Geography
Gangjin or Buan kilns, Jeolla-do province, Korea -
Material
Stoneware with celadon glaze -
Dimension
H x W: 30.8 x 19.5 cm (12 1/8 x 7 11/16 in) -
Accession Number
F1909.30a-b -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F1909.30a-b
Object Details
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Description
Placenta jar, tall baluster-form; stumps of four broken handles; flat basal ring with traces of seven clay spurs on footrim. Cover, cap-shaped, with crossed loop-handles. Three silica spur-marks on inside surface.Clay: hard, resonant.Glaze: gray-green high lustre celadon with an area of brownish discoloration; crackled in some areas. Base glazed.Decoration: incised in paste under glaze: four flowering lotus sprays; cloud-lappet band around neck, keyfret band above base. -
Provenance
To 1909Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1909 [1]From 1909 to 1919Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company, New York 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. 1919, 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 -
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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