Cinerary bowl

Object Details

• Description

  Covered bowl on turned out foot. Cover domed, four holes near finial type knob.

  Clay: dark gray, thinly potted; fine-grained stoneware.

  Unglazed: earth deposits.

  Decoration: stamp impressed bands of repeated small abstract motifs on body and cover.

• Label

  The establishment of burial of Buddhism in Korea brought about a shift in funerary customs from coffin burial to cremation. Stoneware cinerary urns with stamp-impressed decoration applied prior to full hardening of the clay were made during the Unified Silla dynasty (668-935 CE). The pagoda-like finial on the lid of this jar reflects the influence of Buddhist art.

• Provenance

  To 1916

  Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1916 [1]

  From 1916 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company, New York in 1916 [2]

  From 1920

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

  Notes:

  [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Pottery List, L. 2480, 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 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)

• 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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• Date

  700s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, Yamanaka and Co.

• Place

  Korea

• Topic

  Charles Lang Freer collection, Unglazed, Art, Stoneware, Korean Art, Funerary, Ceramics, Unified Silla period (676 - 935)

• Culture

  Buddhists, Koreans

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)