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Jar with designs of tortoises and cranes

National Museum of Asian Art
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Object Details

Description
Jar of globular form with high straight neck and low foot.
Clay: moderately coarse white porcelain, fired reddish on the footrim.
Glaze: transparent, slightly bluish, uneven in some places, and with areas of grit.
Decoration: underglaze blue trefoils around shoulder; main area with four circles: two with cranes among clouds and two with tortoises in waves; single line around foot.
Wooden box.
Provenance
From at least 1969 to 1970
Daisho Commercial & Industrial Co., Ltd, Tokyo, from at least February 12, 1969 [1]
From 1970
Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Daisho Commercial & Industrial Co., Ltd., March 16, 1970 [2]
Notes:
[1] See correspondence dated February 12, 1969, authorizing Mr. Yoshinobu Daisho to ship the object, along with two other objects, to the Freer Gallery, copy in object file.
A receipt, dated May 13, 1969, confirms the delivery of the objects to the Freer Gallery for the consideration for purchase, copy in object file.
[2] See Invoice issued by the Daisho Commercial & Industrial Co., Ltd, dated March 16, 1970, copy in object file.
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Exhibition History
Korean Ceramics (February 4, 1997 to August 7, 2011)
Korean Art (December 17, 1984 to June 23, 1986)
Korean Art (March 20, 1982 to 2 April 1984)
Korean Art (June 4, 1982 to September 23, 1982)
Korean Art (July 15, 1981 to September 15, 1981)
Korean Art (June 24, 1977 to April 8, 1978)
Korean Art (June 19, 1969 to November 10, 1976)
Previous custodian or owner
Daisho Commercial & Industrial Co., Ltd.
Credit Line
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
19th century
Period
Joseon period
Accession Number
F1970.6a-c
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
Vessel
Medium
Porcelain with cobalt pigment under transparent, colorless glaze
Dimensions
H x W: 30.5 x 31.8 cm (12 x 12 1/2 in)
Style
Bunwon ware
Origin
Bunwon kilns, Gwangju city, Gyeonggi-do province, Korea
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
crane
Bunwon ware
Joseon period (1392 - 1910)
cobalt pigment
Korea
porcelain
clear glaze
Korean Art
Record ID
fsg_F1970.6a-c
Metadata Usage (text)
Not determined
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3eedcfef5-d271-48b6-a8ec-8bbda221cf4f

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