Lid

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Period
first half 6th century -
Geography
Korea -
Material
Unglaze stoneware with traces of natural ash glaze -
Dimension
H x Diam: 5.5 × 12.5 cm (2 3/16 × 4 15/16 in) -
Accession Number
F1975.11.2 -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F1975.11.2
Object Details
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Description
Jar (F1975.11.1), pedestal foot, with non-original cover (F1975.11.2). Vessel itself is wheel-thrown with prominent finger ridges, a thin straight-sided neck, rounded base set in flaring foot which has two rows of square-cut perforations, eight each, alternating in position. Cover is low-domed with a flaring flat-top knob. Six chips on edge of neck, three of which appear to be old; cover chipped on edge, knob and inside flange.Clay: fine, dark-gray stoneware.Glaze: vestiges of "natural" ash glaze on shoulder and upper half of body, also inside cover.Decoration: none. -
Previous custodian or owner
Gilpin House -
Provenance
To 1974Gilpin House, Alexandria, VA, to 1974 [2]From 1974Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Gilpin House in 1974Notes:[1] See Freer Gallery of Art Accession List, Collections Management Office. Also, original folder sheet note indicates name of source and location at date of acquisition (see Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record). -
Origin
Korea -
Credit Line
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment -
Type
Vessel -
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