Jar

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Historical period(s): Joseon period, 16th century

Medium: Stoneware with brushed white slip under transparent glaze; lacquer repairs

Style: Buncheong ware

Dimensions: H x W: 45.4 x 26.4 cm (17 7/8 x 10 3/8 in)

Geography: Korea, Jeollanam-do province, Boseung county

Credit Line: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number: F1904.147

On View Location: Freer Gallery 12: The Peacock Room Comes to America

Classification(s): Ceramic, Vessel

Type: Jar

Keywords: Buncheong ware, clear glaze, Japan, Joseon period (1392 - 1910), Korea, lacquer repair, stoneware, white slip

Provenance

To 1904
Siegfried Bing (1838-1905), Paris, to 1904 [1]

From 1904 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Siegfried Bing in 1904 [2]

From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

Notes:

[1] Undated folder sheet note. Also see Original Pottery List, L. 1299, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

[2] See note 1.

[3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.

Previous Owner(s): Charles Lang Freer 1854-1919
Siegfried Bing (C.L. Freer source) 1838 - 1905

Published References

Ikutaro Ito Yutaka Mino. The Radiance of Jade and the Clarity of Water: Korean Ceramics from the Ataka Collection. Exh. cat. Chicago and New York, November 23, 1991 - July 12, 1992. .

Collection Area(s): Japanese Art, Korean Art

Web Resources: Korean Ceramics; The Story of the Beautiful; Google Cultural Institute

Rights Statement: Copyright with museum

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