13th century
H. 29.3 x Diam. 16.3 cm (11 9/16 x 6 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.
Light gray stoneware with kiln-darkened surface and with localized areas of natural ash glaze, the natural glaze droplets now disintegrated and flaked away
11th-13th centuryKoreanStoneware with celadon glaze over reverse-inlaid decoration
12th-13th centuryKoreanStoneware with celadon glaze over inlaid decoration
13th-14th centuryKoreanSlip-painted celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over decoration painted in iron-brown slip. Reportedly recovered near Yŏngsangp'o, South Chŏlla province.
11th-13th centuryKoreanAsh-glazed ware: light gray stoneware with thin, intentionally applied, brownish-green, ash glaze over all-over ground of iron-brown slip; with subtle decoration of incised lines. Reportedly recovered near Chŏnju, North Chŏlla province, in 1962.
13th centuryKoreanInlaid celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over decoration inlaid in white slip
13th centuryKoreanSlip-painted celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over decoration painted in iron-brown slip. Reportedly recovered from a tomb in Yŏnggwang county, South Chŏlla province.
13th centuryKoreanBronze
12th-13th centuryKoreanSlip-painted celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over decoration painted in iron-brown slip
11th-13th centuryKoreanCarved and slip-painted celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over carved and incised decoration, the carved decoration embellished with painting in white slip
13th centuryKoreanInlaid celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over decoration inlaid in black and white slips
13th centuryKoreanSlip-painted white ware: porcellaneous white stoneware with celadon glaze over decoration painted in iron-brown slip. Reportedly recovered in southwestern Korea in 1959.
12th-13th centuryKorean