Stoneware with celadon glaze; lid a later addition, possibly Japanese
Dimensions:
H x W x D (assembled): 6.6 × 9.6 × 8.7 cm (2 5/8 × 3 3/4 × 3 7/16 in)
Type:
Vessel
Origin:
Gangjin kilns, Jeollanam-do province, Korea
Japan
Date:
mid 11th century
Period:
Goryeo period
Description:
Water-dropper. Small short spout and three small loop eyelets; four silica spur-marks on low root-rim, a glaze scar just above foot. Cover modeled as turtle, does not belong to this piece and probably is not Korean (see note).
Clay: gray, porcelanous, light khaki brown where exposed inside and on portions of foot-rim; kiln gloss on bottoms of inside.
Glaze: translucent gray-green celadon; soft lustre; covers outside, base and portions of edge of foot-rim. Interior unglazed.
Provenance:
To 1917
Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1917 [1]
From 1917 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company, New York in 1917 [2]
From 1920
The Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Pottery List, L. 2543, 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:
Korean Ceramics (April 11, 1978 to October 13, 1978)
Previous custodian or owner:
Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)
