Ewer with lid
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Period
first half of 13th century -
Geography
Korea -
Material
Stoneware with celadon glaze -
Dimension
H x W x D (ewer): 33 × 22.1 × 16 cm (13 × 8 11/16 × 6 5/16 in) -
Accession Number
F1909.32a-b -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F1909.32a-b
Object Details
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Description
Ewer: double-gourd form; twisted handle; flat base; with unglazed ring. Patches of kiln slag "spur marks". Pottery stopper. Plaster restoration at mouth.Clay: hard, gray, sonant.Glaze: brilliant gray-green celadon; crackled. Thin earth deposits.Decoration: incised in paste under glaze: clouds on upper portion, blossoming lotus sprays on lower portion of body. Clouds or waves around bottom. Incised detail on spout and around handle. -
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. Also see Original Pottery List, L. 1921, 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
Rediscovering Korea’s Past (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)Shades of Green and Blue: Chinese Celadon Ceramics (July 15, 1997 to September 7, 2004)Korean Ceramics of the Koryo Dynasty (May 9, 1993 to August 7, 2011)Korean Art (May 9, 1993 to January 29, 1997)Korean Art (June 4, 1982 to September 23, 1982)Korean Art (March 20, 1982 to 2 April 1984)Korean Art (July 15, 1981 to September 15, 1981)Korean Art (March 20, 1980 to March 3, 1981)Korean Ceramics (April 11, 1978 to October 13, 1978)Korean Art (November 2, 1959 to November 22, 1971)Untitled Exhibition, Korean Art, 1958 (July 10, 1958 to April 15, 1959)Untitled Exhibition, Korean Ceramics with Korean and Japanese Paintings (February 15, 1955 to April 13, 1955)Untitled Exhibition, Chinese and Korean Ceramics (March 22, 1943 to November 13, 1944)Japanese and Korean Pottery, and Korean Bronze (May 2, 1923 to March 22, 1943)Early Chinese Pottery and Scultpure, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1916 (March 6 to October 15, 1916)Untitled Exhibition, The Japan Society, February 1914 (February 1914) -
Previous custodian or owner
Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919) -
Origin
Korea -
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer -
Type
Vessel -
On View
Freer Gallery 14: Rediscovering Korea's Past -
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