1991.518: Pedestal Vessel with Three Lightly Flaring Spouts, the Base with Openwork Decor, the Vessel Possibly a Lamp or Vase

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1991.518

Title

Pedestal Vessel with Three Lightly Flaring Spouts, the Base with Openwork Decor, the Vessel Possibly a Lamp or Vase

Classification

Vessels

Work Type

vessel

Date

6th century

Places

Creation Place: East Asia, Korea

Period

Three Kingdoms period, Silla or Kaya

Culture

Korean

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/201598

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Probably Korean Kaya-type ware, possibly Japanese Sue ware: gray stoneware with openwork decoration and with splashes of natural ash glaze

Dimensions

H. 15 x Diam. 14.8 cm (5 7/8 x 5 13/16 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

1991.518

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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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. 28, no. 30
• Edward B. Adams, Korea's Pottery Heritage, Volume I, Seoul International Publishing House (Seoul, Korea, 1986), p. 63, pl. 92; p. 102, no. 92

Exhibition History

• 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/07/2016 - 05/08/2016

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