Harvard Art Museums > 2010.444: Large Globular Jar with Decoration of Auspicious Emblems and Chinese Characters Reading "Pok Su Kang Nyŏng" (Happiness, Longevity, Health, and Peace) Vessels Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Large Globular Jar with Decoration of Auspicious Emblems and Chinese Characters Reading "Pok Su Kang Nyŏng" (Happiness, Longevity, Health, and Peace) , 2010.444,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 25, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/336448. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2010.444 Title Large Globular Jar with Decoration of Auspicious Emblems and Chinese Characters Reading "Pok Su Kang Nyŏng" (Happiness, Longevity, Health, and Peace) Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date mid-19th century Places Creation Place: East Asia, Korea Period Chosŏn dynasty, 1392-1910 Culture Korean Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/336448 Physical Descriptions Medium Blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue Dimensions H. 35.6 x Diam. 33.6 cm (14 x 13 1/4 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Private collection, Japan; through Bluett and Son, London (in the mid-1960s); to Ray Thompson Collection, London and Italy; through Christie's, New York (early 2000s); through Kang Collection, New York; to Harvard Art Museum. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Purchase through the generosity of Dorothy Tapper Goldman, David M. Leventhal, Dyann and Peter Wirth, and through the Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane Fund for the Acquisition of Asian Art Accession Year 2010 Object Number 2010.444 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Rising from a short, circular foot, the body of this jar expands into a pleasantly spherical form and then constricts to a relatively tall, cylindrical neck. Four Chinese characters, which when pronounced in Korean read Pok (happiness), Su (longevity), Kang (health), and Nyŏng (peace), are set within circular medallions; auspicious emblems embellish the spaces between the medallions. Double-bowstring borderlines encircle the lip and foot, subtly demarcating the vessel's boundaries. The proportionally tall neck on this jar indicates that it was created in the nineteenth century. Exhibition History Re-View: S228-230 (Asian rotation: 4), Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 05/07/2010 - 11/09/2010 32Q: 2600 East Asian, Japanese, Chinese and Korean, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 07/23/2022 - 12/05/2022 Verification Level This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
