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Catalog Data

Medium:
Stoneware with underfired opaque glaze
Dimensions:
H x Diam: 8.4 × 15.8 cm (3 5/16 × 6 1/4 in)
Style:
Busan ware
Type:
Vessel
Origin:
Wakan (Waegwan) kiln, Busan city, Gyeongsangnam-do province, Korea
Date:
17th century
Period:
Joseon period
Description:
Tea bowl. Deep conical. Gold lacquer repairs.
Clay: medium, foot ground down, fired reddish.
Glaze: light greenish yellow, rough. Underfired ash glaze.
Provenance:
To 1902
Samuel Colman (1832-1920), New York, NY, and Newport, RI, to 1902 [1]
From 1902 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased at the sale of the Samuel Colman Collection, American Art Association, New York, March 19-22, 1902 [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. 1144, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Samuel Colman was collecting Asian objects by at least 1880 (see Curatorial Remark 12, Louise Cort, April 20, 2007, in the object record).
[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:
Samuel Colman (1832-1920)
American Art Association (established 1883) (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Topic:
ceramic  Search this
Busan ware  Search this
Joseon period (1392 - 1910)  Search this
tea  Search this
Korea  Search this
stoneware  Search this
wood-ash glaze  Search this
Korean Art  Search this
Charles Lang Freer collection  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Accession Number:
F1902.76
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
Related Online Resources:
Google Cultural Institute
Korean Ceramics in the Freer Gallery of Art
See more items in:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
Data Source:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3abe31a03-6b41-4667-8790-bd7c65473df4
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_F1902.76