early 19th century
H. 8.5 x Diam. 8.8 cm (3 3/8 x 3 7/16 in.)
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.
Blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration in underglaze cobalt blue
19th centuryKoreanLight gray stoneware with mottled brown glaze over combed decoration. Made in Namwŏn-gun, North Chŏlla province.
19th centuryKoreanCoarse buff stoneware with opaque mottled light blue glaze. Made in northeastern Korea, probably in Hoeryŏng-gun, possibly in Myŏngc'hŏn-gun, North Hamgyŏng province.
17th-19th centuryKoreanBlue ware: porcelain with clear glaze over incised characters, the inscribed vessel washed with cobalt-blue before glazing. From the kilns at Punwŏn-ri, Kwangju-gun, Kyŏnggi province.
19th centuryKoreanBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with carved and molded decoration, the bats painted in underglaze cobalt blue
19th centuryKoreanBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue. Perhaps from the kilns at Punwŏn-ri, Kwangju, Kyŏnggi province.
19th centuryKoreanGlazed ceramic ware: light gray stoneware with mottled brown glaze over incised decoration. Made in Namwŏn-gun, North Chŏlla province.
19th centuryKoreanWhite ware: porcelain with clear glaze
19th-20th centuryKoreanBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
19th centuryKoreanGrayish-buff stoneware with opaque light grayish-blue glaze. Made in northeastern Korea, probably in Hoeryŏng-gun, possibly in Myŏngc'hŏn-gun, North Hamgyŏng province.
17th-19th centuryKoreanOff-white to pale buff stoneware (possibly porcellaneous white stoneware) with crazed, cloudy white glaze
18th-19th centuryKoreanBrown-glazed ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze
18th-19th centuryKorean