Stoneware with black and white slips painted under celadon glaze
Dimensions:
H x Diam: 9.3 × 9.7 cm (3 11/16 × 3 13/16 in)
Type:
Vessel
Origin:
Korea
Date:
13th century or later
Period:
Goryeo period or later
Description:
Cup: with pointed base. Three silica spur-marks on base.
Clay: hard, dense, sonant.
Glaze: lustrous grayish-green celadon, with a brownish area; crackled.
Decoration: inlaid in white and black, and incised, in paste under glaze; painted in white slip under glaze.
Provenance:
To 1905
Yamanaka & Company, to 1905 [1]
From 1905 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1905 [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. 1444, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.
[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 of the Koryo Dynasty (May 9, 1993 to August 7, 2011)
Korean Art (May 9, 1993 to January 29, 1997)
Korean Art (March 20, 1982 to 2 April 1984)
Korean Art (March 20, 1980 to March 3, 1981)
Korean Ceramics (April 11, 1978 to October 13, 1978)
Korean Art (November 2, 1959 to November 22, 1971)
Untitled Exhibition, Korean Art, 1958 (July 10, 1958 to April 15, 1959)
Centennial Exhibition, Gallery 16 (February 25, 1956 to July 11, 1958)
Untitled Exhibition, Korean Ceramics with Korean and Japanese Paintings (February 15, 1955 to April 13, 1955)
Untitled Exhibition, East Asian Ceramics and Paintings, East Corridor (January 8, 1947 to ---)
Untitled Exhibition, Chinese and Korean Ceramics (March 22, 1943 to November 13, 1944)
Japanese and Korean Pottery, and Korean Bronze (May 2, 1923 to March 22, 1943)
Previous custodian or owner:
Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)
