19th century
H. 28.5 x Diam. 17.2 cm (11 1/4 x 6 3/4 in.)
[Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 1966], sold; to Ralph C. Marcove, New York (1966-2001), transfer; to Trust u/w/o Ralph C. Marcove FBO C Marcove, New York (2001-2016), sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2016. Footnote: Ralph C. Marcove, MD (1929-2001)
Blue-and-white ware: porcelain with carved and molded decoration, the bats painted in underglaze cobalt blue
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 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 centuryKoreanBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue. Perhaps from the kilns at Punwŏn-ri, Kwangju, Kyŏnggi province.
19th centuryKoreanPorcelain with clear glaze over iron-brown decoration
19th centuryKoreanBuff stoneware with opaque mottled light blue glaze. Made in northeastern Korea, probably in Hoeryŏng-gun, North Hamgyŏng 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 centuryKoreanLight gray stoneware with mottled brown glaze over combed decoration. Made in Namwŏn-gun, North Chŏlla province.
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 centuryKoreanMolded light gray stoneware with traces of natural ash glaze
17th-20th centuryKoreanGlazed ceramic ware: light gray stoneware with mottled brown glaze over incised 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 centuryKorean