Bottle

Object Details

• Description

  Bottle; heavily potted, tall neck, globular body, straight foot with fire cracks; glazed base.

  Clay: white porcelain.

  Glaze: clear with aqua tint (ch'ing-pai type); uneven crazing on body.

• Provenance

  To 1981

  Mrs. Helen Giblo, Falls Church, VA, to 1981 [1]

  From 1981

  Freer Gallery of Art, given by Mrs. Helen Giblo in 1981

  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

• Previous custodian or owner

  Mrs. Helen Giblo

• Origin

  Korea

• Credit Line

  Gift of Colonel Mitchell E. Giblo, USAF and Helen Giblo

• Type

  Vessel

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1920s, 1870s

• Name

  Giblo, Helen

• Place

  Korea

• Topic

  Porcelain, Art, Joseon period (1392 - 1910), Pale blue glaze, Korean Art, Bunwon ware

• Culture

  Koreans

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)