Bowl with low wall, round rim very slightly everted, almost flat interior bottom and thick, irregular ring foot.
Clay: stoneware with numerous small stone inclusions.
Glaze: dark brown iron-based glaze. Glazed over all except random areas of interior of foot. Five large sandy spur marks evenly spaced around glazed foot rim.
Decoration: none.
Provenance:
From 1959-1963 to 1996
Mr. Gregory Henderson (died 1988) and Mrs. Maria Henderson (died 2007), West Medford, MA, acquired in Korea from an unnamed source during 1959-1963 [1]
From 1996
Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Mrs. Maria Henderson in 1996 [2]
Notes:
[1] Mr. and Mrs. Henderson acquired this object in Korea whilst they were living in Seoul (according to an undated note in the object record).
[2] See Freer Gallery of Art Accession List, Collections Management Office.
Collection:
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Exhibition History:
Korean Ceramics (February 4, 1997 to August 7, 2011)
