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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1991.512
Title
Chariot Vessel with Two Cups, Two Openwork Wheels, and Openwork, Flaring Base
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
first half 6th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Korea
Period
Three Kingdoms period, Silla or Kaya
Culture
Korean
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/201597

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Kaya-type ware: gray stoneware with appliqué and openwork decoration and with traces of natural ash glaze. Reportedly recovered from a tomb in Hyŏnp'ung-myŏn, Talsŏng-gun, near Kyŏngju, North Kyŏngsang province, in July 1962.
Dimensions
H. 15.4 x W. 10.9 x Diam (of wheel). 11.2 cm (6 1/16 x 4 5/16 x 4 7/16 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
1991.512
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. 26, no. 24

Exhibition History

  • Korean Art Collections in the United States, National Museum of Korea, Seoul, 06/04/2012 - 08/05/2012

Subjects and Contexts

  • Collection Highlights
  • Google Art Project

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