Medium:

Stoneware with white and black inlays under celadon glaze

Dimensions:

H x W: 4.4 x 7.1 cm (1 3/4 x 2 13/16 in)

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Gangjin or Buan kilns, Jeolla-do province, Korea

Date:

second half of 12th century

Period:

Goryeo period

Description:

Unguent bottle: flattened globular form; concave base; three spur-marks.

Clay: hard, dense.

Glaze: lustrous grayish-green.

Decoration: inlaid in white and black, under glaze.

Provenance:

To 1909

Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1909 [1]

From 1909 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1909 [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. 1911, 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:

Cranes and Clouds: The Korean Art of Ceramic Inlay (November 5, 2011 to January 3, 2016)

Korean Ceramics of the Koryo Dynasty (May 9, 1993 to August 7, 2011)

Korean Art (May 9, 1993 to January 29, 1997)

Korean Art (December 17, 1984 to June 23, 1986)

Korean Art (March 20, 1982 to 2 April 1984)

Korean Art (June 4, 1982 to September 23, 1982)

Korean Art (July 15, 1981 to September 15, 1981)

Korean Art (March 20, 1980 to March 3, 1981)

Korean Ceramics (April 11, 1978 to October 13, 1978)

Korean Art (June 19, 1969 to November 10, 1976)

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, 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)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

Topic:

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Goryeo period (918 - 1392)  Search this

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Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1909.22

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

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