1991.567: Lobed, Melon-Shaped Ewer with Decoration of Two Ginseng Branches, Each with Two Leaf Sprays

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1991.567

Title

Lobed, Melon-Shaped Ewer with Decoration of Two Ginseng Branches, Each with Two Leaf Sprays

Classification

Vessels

Work Type

vessel

Date

12th century

Places

Creation Place: East Asia, Korea

Period

Koryŏ dynasty, 918-1392

Culture

Korean

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/201434

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Slip-painted black ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over decoration painted in white slip on a black slip ground. Reportedly recovered on Cheju Island.

Technique

Celadon

Dimensions

H. 16 x Diam. 14.1 cm (6 5/16 x 5 9/16 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

1991.567

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. 43, no. 79
• Edward B. Adams, Korea's Pottery Heritage, Volume II, Seoul International Publishing House (Seoul, Korea, 1989), p. 81, pl. 92; pp. 133-134, no. 92
• Carolyn Kyongshin Koh Choo, Traditional Korean Ceramics: A Look by a Scientist, Designnanoom (Seoul, 2016), p. 216, fig. 10-12

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