Bowl

Object Details

• Description

  Bowl with rounded lower body, walls rising to everted plain rim. Circle matching diameter of foot impressed into bottom, probably with throwing tool. Exterior wall trimmed to above midpoint. Small trimmed foot tapering into footrim, interior of foot nearly vertical; point in center of base. Single fine line incised on exterior below rim.

  Clay: Off-white porcelain with scattered black specks.

  Glaze: Clear glaze, bluish where thick; wide band of pale gray discoloration (carbon trapped in glaze and body?) around exterior. Glaze wiped off footrim but covers small chip in edge of foot. Fine sand used for stacking adheres to footrim.

• Provenance

  From 1959-1963 to 1996

  Mr. Gregory Henderson (died 1988) and Mrs. Maria Henderson (died 2007), West Medford, MA, acquired in Korea from an unnamed source during 1959-1963 [1]

  From 1996

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Mrs. Maria Henderson in 1996 [2]

  Notes:

  [1] Mr. and Mrs. Henderson acquired this object in Korea whilst they were living in Seoul (according to an undated note in the object record).

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

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Mrs. Maria Henderson (died 2007)

• Origin

  Bunwon kilns, Gyeonggi-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

  Gyeonggi-do province, Bunwon kilns, Korea

• Topic

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

• Culture

  Koreans

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)