Dish with mold-impressed and inlaid decoration

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At A Glance

  • Period

    late 12th-mid 13th century
  • Geography

    Gangjin or Buan kilns, Jeolla-do province, Korea
  • Material

    Stoneware with black and white inlays under celadon glaze
  • Dimension

    H x W: 5.6 x 17.7 cm (2 3/16 x 6 15/16 in)
  • Accession Number

    F1917.296
  • EDAN ID

    edanmdm:fsg_F1917.296

Object Details

  • Description

    Bowl, shallow, broad inverted-bell shape; low basal ring; three silica spur-marks on base.
    Clay: hard, sonorous.
    Glaze: bluish gray-green celadon; crackled.
    Decoration: under glaze: molded with incised embellishment inside; medallion with fruited spray, three children in grape arbor filling walls. Inlaid in white and black outside: four chrysanthemum sprays, foliate border.
  • Previous custodian or owner

    Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)
    Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
  • Provenance

    To 1917
    Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1917 [1]
    From 1917 to 1919
    Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company, New York in 1917 [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. 2555, 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.
  • Origin

    Gangjin or Buan kilns, Jeolla-do province, Korea
  • Credit Line

    Gift of Charles Lang Freer
  • Type

    Vessel
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