VesselsKorean7th century

Small, Covered, Globular Bowl with Low Ring Foot and Horizontal Fluting, the Lightly Domed Cover with a Small Knob in the Form of a Lotus Bud

second half 7th century

Classification

Vessels

Medium

Gray stoneware with incised decoration

Culture

Korean

Period

Unified Silla dynasty, 668-935

Century

7th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

H. 10.3 (with cover) x Diam. 9.2 cm (4 1/16 x 3 5/8 in.)

Provenance

Philip Hofer (1898-1984), Cambridge, MA (by 1984), gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1984.

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