Funerary stand with round-bottomed jar

Object Details

• Provenance

  From circa 1963-1965 to 1996

  Mr. Yoshida, Antique Yoshida, Kyoto, acquired in Kyoto or Osaka between 1963-1965

  [1]

  From 1996 to 1998

  Mrs. Keum Ja Kang, the Kang Collection, New York, purchased from Mr. Yoshida on October 1, 1996 [2]

  From 1998

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from the Kang Collection, October 22, 1998 [3]

  Notes:

  [1] See Invoice issued by Mr. Yoshida, Antique Yoshida, to the Kang Collection, dated October 1, 1996, copy in object file.

  In the invoice, Mr. Yoshida stated that he had acquired this object, along with four other items that he sold to the Kang Collection, between 1963 and 1965 in Kyoto and Osaka.

  See also provenance record for F1998.305, which was purchased together with this vessel.

  [2] See Mr. Yoshida's Invoice, dated October 1, 1996, cited in note 1.

  [3] See Kang Collection's Invoice, dated October 22, 1998, copy in object file.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Mr. Yoshida

  Mrs. Keum-Ja Kang

• Origin

  Gimhae, Gyeongsangnam-do province, Korea

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Vessel

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• Related Resources

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• Date

  400s

• Name

  Yoshida, Kang, Keum-Ja

• Place

  Gimhae, Gyeongsangnam-do province, Korea

• Topic

  Unglazed, Art, Stoneware, Korean Art, Funerary, Ceramics, Three Kingdoms period (57 BCE - 676 CE)

• Culture

  Koreans

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)