Bowl

Object Details

• Description

  Large deep bowl with wide flaring sides ending in a simple rounded rim; ring foot. Dark brown stoneware with green-gray celadon glaze. Dark green and white underglaze floral decoration on interior of bowl. Edge of rim on one side is partially unglazed.

• Provenance

  To 1991

  Maureen R. Jacoby (d. 2002), Chestertown, Maryland. [1]

  From 1991

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Maureen R. Jacoby, Chestertown, Maryland. [2]

  Notes:

  [1] See Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.

  [2] See Deed of Gift, copy in object file, Collections Management Office.

• Collection

  Freer Study Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Mrs. Maureen R. Jacoby (1927– 2002)

• Origin

  Korea

• Credit Line

  Gift of Mrs. Maureen R. Jacoby in memory of Rolf Jacoby

• Type

  Vessel

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1200s, 1300s

• Name

  Jacoby, Maureen R.

• Place

  Korea

• Topic

  Goryeo period (918 - 1392), Art, Inlay (process), Stoneware, Korean Art, Ceramics, Flowers

• Culture

  Koreans

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)