Harvard Art Museums > 2010.566: Large Cup with Strap Handle and Decoration of Two Pairs of Bowstring Lines 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 Cup with Strap Handle and Decoration of Two Pairs of Bowstring Lines , 2010.566,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 25, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/336965. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2010.566 Title Large Cup with Strap Handle and Decoration of Two Pairs of Bowstring Lines Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date 6th century Places Creation Place: East Asia, Korea Period Three Kingdoms period, Silla, 57 BCE-668 CE Culture Korean Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/336965 Physical Descriptions Medium Light gray stoneware with appliqué handle Technique Unglazed Dimensions H. 17.5 x Diam. 18 cm (6 7/8 x 7 1/16 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History [through ?, Korea, mid 1960s]; to Jerry Lee Musslewhite (mid 1960s-2009); to Estate of Jerry Lee Musslewhite (2009-2010), sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2010. NOTE: Jerry Lee Musslewhite was an employee of the U.S. Department of Defense who worked in the Republic of Korea from 1965 to 1969. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Purchase through the generosity of Alan J. and Suzanne W. Dworsky Accession Year 2010 Object Number 2010.566 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 The lower, bowl portion of this tall cup rises from a flat base; its walls expand rapidly and then turn inward, so that the cup's lower portion resembles a circular bowl with inverted lip. The cup's tall, upper portion springs from the bowl's inverted lip, its walls rising rapidly and at very steep angle. The thick, appliqué handle springs from the widest portion of the bowl, rises at a steep angle, then curves downward to meet the cup's side wall about an inch below the plain, unarticulated lip. A single, incised bowstring line enlivens the widest point of the cup's lower, bowl-like portion; two pairs of relief bowstring lines embellish the cup's otherwise plain upper portion, the lower pair appearing about one inch above the top of the bowl, the upper pair appearing about one inch below the lip. The only other decoration is a small, tube-like section of clay placed at the junction where the handle joins the cup just below the lip; this small piece of clay perhaps serves the added function of strengthening the join of the handle to the cup. This cup is unglazed; made of light gray stoneware, the exterior surfaces appear charcoal gray in localized areas, due to carbon saturation during firing; even so, most of the exterior and interior surfaces reveal the stoneware's basic light gray hue. Dirt and other burial adhesions appear in a few localized areas, particularly at the junction of handle and cup-at both lower and upper joins of handle to cup. 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
