'Maebyŏng' Bottle | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1991.571
Title: 'Maebyŏng' Bottle
Classification: Vessels
Work Type: vessel
Date: 13th century
Places: Creation Place: East Asia, Korea
Period: Koryŏ dynasty, 918-1392
Culture: Korean
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/201082

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Ash-glazed ware: light gray stoneware with thin, intentionally applied, brownish-green, ash glaze over all-over ground of iron-brown slip. Reportedly recovered in North or South Chŏlla province, in 1959.
Dimensions: H. 29.3 x Diam. 16.3 cm (11 9/16 x 6 7/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Gregory (1922-1988) and Maria C. Henderson (1923-2007), Medford, MA (by 1969-1988), inherited; by Maria C. Henderson, Medford, MA (1988-1991), partial gift and partial purchase; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1991.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Partial gift of Maria C. Henderson and partial purchase through the Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane Fund for Asian Art
Accession Year: 1991
Object Number: 1991.571
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Gregory Henderson, Korean Ceramics: An Art's Variety, exh. cat., Ohio State University, Divisions of Art Gallery (Columbus, Ohio, 1969), p. 44, no. 83

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