Bottle

Object Details

• Description

  Bottle, double-gourd shaped; circular hole at top of lower section to facilitate pouring.

  Clay: dark gray stoneware, very high fired.

  Glaze: natural ash glaze, mostly on upper parts of the two sections, slight kiln gloss all over.

• Provenance

  To 1980

  Corliss L. and Randolph L. Harris, Washington, DC, to 1980 [1]

  From 1980

  Freer Gallery of Art, given by Corliss L. and Randolph L. Harris in 1980

  Notes:

  [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).

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  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)

  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)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Corliss and Randolph Harris

• Origin

  Korea

• Credit Line

  Gift of Corliss and Randolph Harris

• Type

  Vessel

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1200s

• Name

  Harris, Corliss L. and Randolph L.

• Place

  Korea

• Topic

  Goryeo period (918 - 1392), Unglazed, Art, Stoneware, Korean Art, Ceramics

• Culture

  Koreans

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)