Bottle with carved and incised design of two phoenixes and peony vinescrolls
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Object Details
- Description
- Vase: maebyong with bulbous shoulder, short neck and cup-lip.
- Clay: hard, gray.
- Glaze: gray-green with faint bluish tinge. Interior unglazed.
- Decoration: carved in the paste under glaze: two phoenixes amid peony vinescrolls.
- Provenance
- To 1912
- Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1912 [1]
- From 1912 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company, New York in 1912 [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. 2361, Freer Galley 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.
- Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art Collection
- Exhibition History
- Rediscovering Korea’s Past (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)
- Cranes and Clouds: The Korean Art of Ceramic Inlay (November 5, 2011 to January 3, 2016)
- Korean Ceramics of the Koryo Dynasty (May 9, 1993 to August 7, 2011)
- Korean Art (May 9, 1993 to January 29, 1997)
- Chinese and Korean Ceramics (July 11, 1986 to March 13, 1987)
- Korean Art (December 17, 1984 to June 23, 1986)
- Korean Art (June 4, 1982 to September 23, 1982)
- Korean Art (March 20, 1982 to 2 April 1984)
- Korean Art (July 15, 1981 to September 15, 1981)
- Korean Art (March 20, 1980 to March 3, 1981)
- Korean Ceramics (April 11, 1978 to October 13, 1978)
- Korean Art (June 24, 1977 to April 8, 1978)
- Korean Art (June 19, 1969 to November 10, 1976)
- Korean Art (November 2, 1959 to November 22, 1971)
- Untitled Exhibition, Korean Art, 1958 (July 10, 1958 to April 15, 1959)
- Centennial Exhibition, Gallery 16 (February 25, 1956 to July 11, 1958)
- Untitled Exhibition, Korean Ceramics with Korean and Japanese Paintings (February 15, 1955 to April 13, 1955)
- Untitled Exhibition, East Asian Ceramics and Paintings, East Corridor (January 8, 1947 to ---)
- Early Chinese Pottery and Scultpure, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1916 (March 6 to October 15, 1916)
- Untitled Exhibition, The Japan Society, February 1914 (February 1914)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- mid 12th century
- Period
- Goryeo period
- Accession Number
- F1912.96
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Vessel
- Medium
- Stoneware with celadon glaze
- Dimensions
- H x W: 28.5 x 18.8 cm (11 1/4 x 7 3/8 in)
- Origin
- Gangjin kilns, Jeollanam-do province, Korea
- On View
- Freer Gallery 14: Rediscovering Korea's Past
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
- Korean Ceramics in the Freer Gallery of Art
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- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- ceramic
- peony
- phoenix
- Goryeo period (918 - 1392)
- wine
- green glaze
- Korea
- stoneware
- Korean Art
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- Record ID
- fsg_F1912.96
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye354450b68-24a9-4363-b3c7-ed16f5087420
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