Medium:

Stoneware with white slip inlaid and brushed under clear glaze

Dimensions:

H x Diam: 8.4 × 15.1 cm (3 5/16 × 5 15/16 in)

Style:

Busan ware

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Wakan (Waegwan) kiln, Busan city, Gyeongsangnam-do province, Korea

Date:

mid 17th century

Period:

Joseon period

Description:

Tea bowl, deep ovoidal; low hollowed foot.

Clay: hard, resonant.

Glaze: White slip brushed irregularly under clear glaze appearing bluish-gray where thick; partially underfired; inside of footrim glazed.

Decoration: inlaid with white slip, under glaze; combining mishima and hakeme.

Provenance:

To 1899

Japanese Trading Company, New York to 1899 [1]

From 1899 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from the Japanese Trading Company in 1899 [2]

From 1920

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

Notes:

[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 367, 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:

Japanese Trading Company (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

Topic:

Busan ware  Search this

Joseon period (1392 - 1910)  Search this

tea  Search this

Korea  Search this

stoneware  Search this

clear glaze  Search this

white slip  Search this

Korean Art  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1899.56

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Related Online Resources:

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Korean Ceramics in the Freer Gallery of Art

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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