Medium:

Stoneware with brushed white slip under transparent glaze; lacquer repairs

Dimensions:

H x Diam: 45.4 × 26.4 cm (17 7/8 × 10 3/8 in)

Style:

Buncheong ware

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Jeollanam-do province, Korea

Date:

16th century

Period:

Joseon period

Description:

Jar. Repaired with red lacquer.

Clay: hard, gray; piece formed by coiling.

Glaze: heavy white slip, crackled, showing brush-marks, under glossy clear glaze.

Provenance:

To 1904

Siegfried Bing (1838-1905), Paris, to 1904 [1]

From 1904 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Siegfried Bing in 1904 [2]

From 1920

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

Notes:

[1] Undated folder sheet note. Also see Original Pottery List, L. 1299, 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

Exhibition History:

The Peacock Room Comes to America [2022] (September 3, 2022 - ongoing)

The Peacock Room Comes to America [2017-2019] (October 14, 2017 to January 2, 2019)

The Peacock Room Comes to America [2011-2016] (April 9, 2011 to January 4, 2016)

Previous custodian or owner:

Siegfried Bing (1838-1905) (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

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Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1904.147

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

On View:

Freer Gallery 12: The Peacock Room Comes to America

Related Online Resources:

Google Cultural Institute

Korean Ceramics in the Freer Gallery of Art

The Story of the Beautiful

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:

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EDAN-URL:

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