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Pear-Shaped Bottle with Decoration of Two Ginseng Branches | Harvard Art Museums | KenAI

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Pear-Shaped Bottle with Decoration of Two Ginseng Branches

Pear-Shaped Bottle with Decoration of Two Ginseng Branches

VesselsKorean16th century

Pear-Shaped Bottle with Decoration of Two Ginseng Branches

late 15th to early 16th century

Classification

Vessels

Technique

Punch'ong

Medium

Punch'ŏng ware: light gray stoneware with pale celadon glaze over decoration painted in iron-brown slip on the white-slip ground. Made near Kongju, at the foot of Mount Kyeryong, South Ch'ungch'ŏng province.

Culture

Korean

Period

Chosŏn dynasty, 1392-1910

Century

16th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

H. 28.7 x Diam. 15.5 cm (11 5/16 x 6 1/8 in.)

Provenance

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.

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