Bowl

Object Details

• Description

  Small, glazed stoneware bowl with wide, round, outflaring rim, deep bowl and small ring foot. Two colors of glaze.

• Label

  A coarse rice-straw brush was used to apply white slip to this bowl, creating a decorative pattern on the dark stoneware body.

• Provenance

  To 1962

  Lee Dyingkak, Korea, to 1962 [1]

  From early 1962 to 1996

  Mr. Gregory Henderson (died 1988) and Mrs. Maria Henderson (died 2007), West Medford, MA, received from Lee Dyingkak, in Korea, in early 1962 [2]

  From 1996

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Mrs. Maria Henderson in 1996 [3]

  Notes:

  [1] Lee Dyingkak presented this object to Mr. and Mrs. Henderson whilst they were living in Seoul (according to an undated note in the object record). Also, see Curatorial Remark 1, Louise A. Cort, August 27, 1996, in the object record.

  [2] See note 1.

  [3] See Freer Gallery of Art Accession List, Collections Management Office.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

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

• Previous custodian or owner

  Mrs. Maria Henderson (died 2007)

• Origin

  Jeolla-do or Gyeongsang-do province, Korea

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Vessel

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1590s, 1500s

• Name

  Henderson, Maria ("Maia")

• Place

  Jeolla-do, Gyeongsang-do province, Korea

• Topic

  Art, Buncheong ware, Joseon period (1392 - 1910), Clear glaze, White slip, Stoneware, Korean Art, Ceramics

• Culture

  Koreans

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)