Medium:

Porcelain with transparent glaze

Dimensions:

H x Diam: 8.4 × 16.1 cm (3 5/16 × 6 5/16 in)

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Korea

Date:

19th century

Period:

Joseon period

Description:

Tea bowl, large open; lightly corrugated from foot upward, as result of trimming.

Clay: hard, sonorous. Porcelain.

Glaze: light grayish-cream, tinged with faint pink; crackled and pitted.

Provenance:

To 1897

Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1897 [1]

From 1897 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1897 [2]

From 1920

Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

Notes:

[1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Pottery List, L. 525, Freer Gallery 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

Previous custodian or owner:

Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

Topic:

ceramic  Search this

Joseon period (1392 - 1910)  Search this

tea  Search this

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porcelain  Search this

clear glaze  Search this

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Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1897.78

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Related Online Resources:

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Korean Ceramics in the Freer Gallery of Art

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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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