Jar with designs of tortoises and cranes

Object Details

• Description

  Jar of globular form with high straight neck and low foot.

  Clay: moderately coarse white porcelain, fired reddish on the footrim.

  Glaze: transparent, slightly bluish, uneven in some places, and with areas of grit.

  Decoration: underglaze blue trefoils around shoulder; main area with four circles: two with cranes among clouds and two with tortoises in waves; single line around foot.

  Wooden box.

• Provenance

  From at least 1969 to 1970

  Daisho Commercial & Industrial Co., Ltd, Tokyo, from at least February 12, 1969 [1]

  From 1970

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Daisho Commercial & Industrial Co., Ltd., March 16, 1970 [2]

  Notes:

  [1] See correspondence dated February 12, 1969, authorizing Mr. Yoshinobu Daisho to ship the object, along with two other objects, to the Freer Gallery, copy in object file.

  A receipt, dated May 13, 1969, confirms the delivery of the objects to the Freer Gallery for the consideration for purchase, copy in object file.

  [2] See Invoice issued by the Daisho Commercial & Industrial Co., Ltd, dated March 16, 1970, copy in object file.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

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

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

  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 (June 24, 1977 to April 8, 1978)

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

• Previous custodian or owner

  Daisho Commercial & Industrial Co., Ltd.

• Origin

  Bunwon kilns, Gwangju city, Gyeonggi-do province, Korea

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Vessel

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• Date

  1800s, 1890s

• Name

  Daisho Commercial & Industrial Co., Ltd.

• Place

  Gwangju city, Gyeonggi-do province, Bunwon kilns, Korea

• Topic

  Cobalt pigment, Porcelain, Art, Joseon period (1392 - 1910), Clear glaze, Korean Art, Crane, Bunwon ware

• Culture

  Koreans

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)