19th century
H. 16 x W. 17 x Diam. 14 cm (6 5/16 x 6 11/16 x 5 1/2 in.)
Gregory and Maria C. Henderson, Medford, MA (by 1963-1988), inherited; by Maria C. Henderson, Medford, MA (1988-1991), partial gift and partial purchase; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1991. Footnotes: 1. Gregory Henderson (1922-1988) 2. Maria C. Henderson (?-2007)
White ware: porcelain with light bluish glaze over molded decoration. From the kilns at Punwŏn-ri, Kwangju-gun, Kyŏnggi province.
19th centuryKoreanBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
19th centuryKoreanMolded light gray stoneware with traces of natural ash glaze
17th-20th centuryKoreanBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue. Probably from the kilns at Punwŏn-ri, Kwangju-gun, Kyŏnggi 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-and-white ware: porcelain with carved and molded decoration, the bats painted in underglaze cobalt blue
19th centuryKoreanLight gray stoneware with mottled greenish-brown glaze. Probably made near Ŭijŏngbu, Kyŏnggi province.
18th-19th centuryKoreanWhite ware: porcelain with clear glaze
19th-20th 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 centuryKoreanLight gray stoneware with mottled brown glaze over combed decoration. Made in Namwŏn-gun, North Chŏlla 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 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 centuryKorean