1991.518: Pedestal Vessel with Three Lightly Flaring Spouts, the Base with Openwork Decor, the Vessel Possibly a Lamp or Vase
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1991.518
- Title
- Pedestal Vessel with Three Lightly Flaring Spouts, the Base with Openwork Decor, the Vessel Possibly a Lamp or Vase
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- 6th century
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, Korea
- Period
- Three Kingdoms period, Silla or Kaya
- Culture
- Korean
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/201598
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Probably Korean Kaya-type ware, possibly Japanese Sue ware: gray stoneware with openwork decoration and with splashes of natural ash glaze
- Dimensions
- H. 15 x Diam. 14.8 cm (5 7/8 x 5 13/16 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
- 1991.518
- 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. 28, no. 30
- Edward B. Adams, Korea's Pottery Heritage, Volume I, Seoul International Publishing House (Seoul, Korea, 1986), p. 63, pl. 92; p. 102, no. 92
Exhibition History
- 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/07/2016 - 05/08/2016
Verification Level
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