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Bottle with carved and incised design of two phoenixes and peony vinescrolls

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At A Glance

On View

Period

mid 12th century
Geography

Gangjin kilns, Jeollanam-do province, Korea
Material

Stoneware with celadon glaze
Dimension

H x W: 28.5 x 18.8 cm (11 1/4 x 7 3/8 in)
Accession Number

F1912.96
EDAN ID

edanmdm:fsg_F1912.96

Object Details

Description

Vase: maebyong with bulbous shoulder, short neck and cup-lip.

Clay: hard, gray.

Glaze: gray-green with faint bluish tinge. Interior unglazed.

Decoration: carved in the paste under glaze: two phoenixes amid peony vinescrolls.
Provenance

To 1912

Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1912 [1]

From 1912 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company, New York in 1912 [2]

From 1920

Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

Notes:

[1] Undated folder sheet note. Also see Original Pottery List, L. 2361, Freer Galley 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)

Cranes and Clouds: The Korean Art of Ceramic Inlay (November 5, 2011 to January 3, 2016)

Korean Ceramics of the Koryo Dynasty (May 9, 1993 to August 7, 2011)

Korean Art (May 9, 1993 to January 29, 1997)

Chinese and Korean Ceramics (July 11, 1986 to March 13, 1987)

Korean Art (December 17, 1984 to June 23, 1986)

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 (June 24, 1977 to April 8, 1978)

Korean Art (June 19, 1969 to November 10, 1976)

Korean Art (November 2, 1959 to November 22, 1971)

Untitled Exhibition, Korean Art, 1958 (July 10, 1958 to April 15, 1959)

Centennial Exhibition, Gallery 16 (February 25, 1956 to July 11, 1958)

Untitled Exhibition, Korean Ceramics with Korean and Japanese Paintings (February 15, 1955 to April 13, 1955)

Untitled Exhibition, East Asian Ceramics and Paintings, East Corridor (January 8, 1947 to ---)

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

Gangjin kilns, Jeollanam-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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