A small, flat, round ceramic case decorated with a flower motif
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Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College

Glazed in a pale green gray, the small round case has a flat walled side that curves inward at the bottom, and a flat walled lid that similarly slopes in to a flat top, the two parts forming a puck shape. Within the flat circular top is a white flower motif with dark, wispy stems and leaves. This is bordered all around on the sloped side of the lid with a stylized leaf pattern in thin dark green lines. Below, the flat wall of the lower half is banded with a narrow geometric pattern in pale yellow lines.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1991.553
Title
Circular Box and Cover with Peony Decor
Classification
Boxes
Work Type
box
Date
second half 12th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Korea
Period
Koryŏ dynasty, 918-1392
Culture
Korean
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/78045

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Inlaid celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised decoration partially inlaid in black and white slips
Technique
Celadon
Dimensions
3.2 x 8.8 cm (1 1/4 x 3 7/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Ex-Collection: Gregory (1922-1988) and Maria C. Henderson, Medford, Massachusetts

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
1991.553
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. 39, no. 65
  • Christian Boehm, Korean Celadon and Buncheong Ware in the Harvard Art Museums, Arts of Asia (Hong Kong, Autumn 2023), pp. 106-, p. 113, fig. 17

Exhibition History

  • Masterworks of East Asian Painting, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 11/03/1995 - 06/09/1996
  • Rocks, Mountains, Landscapes and Gardens: The Essence of East Asian Painting ('04), Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 01/31/2004 - 08/01/2004
  • A Compelling Legacy: Masterworks of East Asian Painting, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 08/24/2004 - 03/20/2005
  • 32Q: 2600 East Asian, Japanese, Chinese and Korean, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 12/03/2015 - 12/01/2016; Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 07/23/2022 - 12/05/2022

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