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At A Glance

Period

late 12th century
Geography

Buan kilns, Yucheon-ri group, Jeolla-do province, Korea
Material

Stoneware with black and white inlays under celadon glaze
Dimension

H x Diam: 3.4 × 8.1 cm (1 5/16 × 3 3/16 in)
Accession Number

F1907.301a-b
EDAN ID

edanmdm:fsg_F1907.301a-b

Object Details

Description

Cylindrical, with flattened cover; foot depressed.

Clay: hard, grayish, sonant.

Glaze: gray-green celadon of loft lustre; stray lines of crackle.

Decoration: inlaid in black and white in paste under glaze.

Contains marks.
Marks

Three spur-marks.
Provenance

Unknown owners, Seoul [1]

From 1884-1898 to 1907

Dr. Horace N. Allen (1858-1932), Toledo, Ohio, purchased from unknown owners, in Seoul, during 1884-1898 [2]

From 1907 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Dr. Horace N. Allen in 1907 [3]

From 1920

Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [4]

Notes:

[1] Horace N. Allen acquired his collection in Seoul between 1884 and 1898. See Horace Allen, Copy of a Certified Catalogue of a Collection of Ancient Korean Pottery:

purchased and owned by Horace Newton Allen (Nak Tong [Korea]: Seoul Press, 1901), pg. 7.

[2] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Pottery List, L. 1620, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, Pamphlets S.I. 738 and S.I. 739, for Allen Correspondence, as well as Pamphlet S.I. 740, Original Allen Catalogue, No. 18, pg. 12.

[3] See note 2.

[4] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.
Collection

Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Exhibition History

Cranes and Clouds: The Korean Art of Ceramic Inlay (November 5, 2011 to January 3, 2016)

Korean Art (December 17, 1984 to June 23, 1986)

Korean Art (March 20, 1982 to 2 April 1984)

Korean Art (June 4, 1982 to September 23, 1982)

Korean Art (July 15, 1981 to September 15, 1981)

Korean Art (March 20, 1980 to March 3, 1981)

Korean Ceramics (April 11, 1978 to October 13, 1978)

Korean Art (June 19, 1969 to November 10, 1976)

Korean Art (November 2, 1959 to November 22, 1971)

Untitled Exhibition, Korean Art, 1958 (July 10, 1958 to April 15, 1959)

Centennial Exhibition, Gallery 16 (February 25, 1956 to July 11, 1958)

Untitled Exhibition, The Japan Society, February 1914 (February 1914)
Previous custodian or owner

Dr. Horace N. Allen (1858-1932) (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Origin

Buan kilns, Yucheon-ri group, Jeolla-do province, Korea
Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Type

Container
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