19th century
H. 17.4 x W. 21.6 x D. 11.3 cm (6 7/8 x 8 1/2 x 4 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 light grayish-blue glaze over openwork decoration. Made in northeastern Korea, probably in Hoeryŏng-gun, possibly in Myŏngch'ŏn-gun, North Hamgyŏng province.
19th centuryKoreanBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue. Probably from the kilns at Punwŏn-ri, Kwangju-gun, Kyŏnggi province.
19th centuryKoreanOff-white to pale buff stoneware (possibly porcellaneous white stoneware) with crazed, cloudy white glaze
18th-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 light bluish glaze over molded decoration. From the kilns at Punwŏn-ri, Kwangju-gun, Kyŏnggi province.
19th centuryKoreanBrown-glazed ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze
18th-19th centuryKoreanBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue. From the kilns at Punwŏn-ri, Kwangju-gun, Kyŏnggi province.
19th centuryKoreanLight gray stoneware with mottled brown glaze over combed decoration. Made in Namwŏn-gun, North Chŏlla province.
19th centuryKoreanWhite ware: porcelain with light blue glaze over molded an incised decoration. From the kilns at Punwŏn-ri, Kwangju-gun, Kyŏnggi province.
19th centuryKoreanBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; with mark reading "Un Hyŏn" ("Cloud Hill") painted in underglaze cobalt blue on the base; the inscription perhaps is a reference to the palace in which the Prince Regent lived from 1864 to 1873. Made at the official kilns in Kwangju-gun, Kyŏnggi province, perhaps in Punwŏn-ri.
19th centuryKoreanBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with carved and molded decoration, the bats painted in underglaze cobalt blue
19th centuryKorean