Long-necked bottle with incised decoration
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Period
early 12th century -
Geography
Korea -
Material
Stoneware with celadon glaze -
Dimension
H x W: 31.8 x 15.6 cm (12 1/2 x 6 1/8 in) -
Accession Number
F1909.35 -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F1909.35
Object Details
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Description
Long-necked bottle; globular-ovoidal body, tall octagonal neck; projecting eyelet broken. Five clay spur marks on base inside footrim.Clay: hard, dense.Glaze: lustrous gray-green, with brownish areas; light brown crackle. Glaze wiped off base.Decoration: incised in paste under glaze: clouds on neck, overlapping lotus petals at base of neck, cloud-lappets on shoulder around neck, three lotus sprays on body, overlapping lotus petals around base. -
Provenance
To 1909Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1909 [1]From 1909 to 1919Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company, New Yorkin 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. 1924, 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
Korean Ceramics (April 11, 1978 to October 13, 1978) -
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 -
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