Stoneware with white inlay under transparent, pale blue glaze
Dimensions:
H x Diam (overall): 9 x 19.7 cm (3 9/16 x 7 3/4 in)
Style:
Buncheong ware
Type:
Vessel
Origin:
Chunghyo-dong kilns, Gwangju city, Jeollanam-do province, Korea
Date:
mid 15th century
Period:
Joseon period
Provenance:
From early 1960s to 2002
Rear Adm. George Washington Pressey (died 1966) and Elizabeth Lee Berger (1913-2002), Washington, DC [1]
From 2002
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Elizabeth Lee Berger, October 21, 2002 [2]
Notes:
[1] According to information in the object's record, the vessel was acquired in Korea by Mrs. Berger and her first husband, Rear Adm. George Washington Pressey (died 1966), when they were posted there in the early 1960s.
[2] See Deed of Gift, acknowledging the acceptance of the object as gift to the Freer Gallery on October 21, 2002, copy in object file.
Collection:
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Exhibition History:
Cranes and Clouds: The Korean Art of Ceramic Inlay (November 5, 2011 to January 3, 2016)