VesselsKorean17th-18th century

Octagonal Bottle with Short, Lightly Flaring Neck, and with Alternating Landscape and Floral Rondels

late 17th-early 18th century

Classification

Vessels

Medium

Blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; with mark reading "chi" ("earth") painted in underglaze cobalt blue on the base. From kilns in Kwangju-gun, Kyŏnggi province, perhaps in Toma-ri.

Culture

Korean

Period

Chosŏn dynasty, 1392-1910

Century

17th-18th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

H. 12.8 x Diam. 12 cm (5 1/16 x 4 3/4 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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