Jar
Terms of Use
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Period
second half of 15th-first half of 16th century -
Geography
Gyeryongsan kilns, Gongju city, Chungcheongnam-do province, Korea -
Material
Stoneware with white slip and iron pigment under transparent glaze -
Dimension
H x Diam: 30.5 x 24.4 cm (12 x 9 5/8 in) -
Accession Number
F1918.147 -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F1918.147
Object Details
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Description
Storage jar; recessed base; lip restored.Clay: reddish stoneware, medium texture.Glaze: clear with pale celadon tint where it runs thick. Coverage inside and out, but uneven, running down thick off the shoulder into drops, thick on part of neck, quite thin and partially spalled off near base. Unglazed foot-rim and base.Decoration: hori-hakeme (sgraffito through brushed slip). Triple lines at top of shoulder, pair of double lines on shoulder and at base, double lines enclosing lotus petal band painted in underglaze iron on the cream slip. -
Provenance
To 1918Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1918 [1]From 1918 to 1919Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company, New York in 1918 [2]From 1920Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]Notes:[1] Undated folder sheet note. Also see Original Pottery List, L. 2586, Freer Galley of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.[2] See note 1.[3] 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
Korean Ceramics (February 4, 1997 to August 7, 2011)Korean Ceramics of the Koryo Dynasty (May 9, 1993 to August 7, 2011)Chinese and Korean Ceramics (July 11, 1986 to March 13, 1987)Korean Art (December 17, 1984 to June 23, 1986)Korean Influences on Japanese Slip-Decorated Ceramics (February 16, 1984 to November 9, 1984)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 Ceramics (April 11, 1978 to October 13, 1978)Korean Art (June 24, 1977 to April 8, 1978)Korean Art (November 2, 1959 to November 22, 1971)Untitled Exhibition, Korean Art, 1958 (July 10, 1958 to April 15, 1959)Untitled Exhibition, East Asian Ceramics and Paintings, East Corridor (January 8, 1947 to ---) -
Previous custodian or owner
Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919) -
Origin
Gyeryongsan kilns, Gongju city, Chungcheongnam-do province, Korea -
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer -
Type
Vessel -
Restrictions and Rights
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