Ewer

Object Details

• Description

  Ewer, ovoidal closed lotus flower form supporting a smaller flower. Spout restored. Solid flat foot; six spur-marks. Insert cover, not original to piece.

  Clay: hard, light gray, sonant. Porcelaneous.

  Glaze: celadon. Underglaze copper red. White slip under the glaze.

  Decoration: figures modeled in full relief; details painted, incised, and applied, under glaze.

• Provenance

  To 1915

  Kuroda Takuma, Japan, to 1915 [1]

  From 1915 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Kuroda Takuma, in San Francisco, in 1915 [2]

  From 1920

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

  Notes:

  [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 2429, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, Curatorial Remark 22, Louise Cort, March 11, 2011, and Curatorial Remark 23, Louise Cort, September 3, 2011, in the object record.

  [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)

  Korean Ceramics (February 4, 1997 to August 7, 2011)

  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 (March 20, 1982 to 2 April 1984)

  Korean Art (June 4, 1982 to September 23, 1982)

  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)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Kuroda Takuma (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  Gangjin kilns, Sadang-ri group, or Buan kilns, Yucheon-ri group, Jeolla-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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• Related Resources

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• Date

  1200s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, Kuroda, Takuma

• Place

  Jeolla-do province, Gangjin kilns, Buan kilns, Yucheon-ri group, Sadang-ri group,, Korea

• Topic

  Wine and wine making, Frogs, Art, Copper pigment, Stoneware, Korean Art, Ceramics, Flowers, Lotus, Goryeo period (918 - 1392), Charles Lang Freer collection, Animals, White slip, Children

• Culture

  Koreans

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)

• On View

  Yes