Medium:

Stoneware with white inlay under celadon glaze

Dimensions:

H x Diam: 9 × 13.7 cm (3 9/16 × 5 3/8 in)

Style:

Busan ware

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

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

Date:

second quarter of 17th century

Period:

Joseon period

Description:

Tea bowl, deep rounded shape, medium-foot.

Clay: reddish stoneware, medium texture.

Glaze: thick, glossy, creamy green, reddish brown body showing through, very uneven.

Decoration: white slip inlaid in paste, clouds and cranes, an illegible seal character inside center.

Marks:

an illegible seal character inside center

Provenance:

To 1907

Unidentified owner, Japan, to 1907 [1]

From 1907 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased in Japan from an unidentified owner in spring 1907 [2]

From 1920

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

Notes:

[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1554, 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:

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

Topic:

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Busan ware  Search this

Joseon period (1392 - 1910)  Search this

tea  Search this

green glaze  Search this

Korea  Search this

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Charles Lang Freer collection  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1907.77

Restrictions & Rights:

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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

GUID:

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EDAN-URL:

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