Bottle (maebyŏng) with Stylized Floral Design
11th – 12th century
Dimensions
H. 26.8 x Diam. 17.8 cm (10 9/16 x 7 in.)
Provenance
[Soshiro Yabumoto, Tokyo, (by late 1960s)], sold; to Sylvan Barnet and William Burto, Cambridge, MA, (late 1960s-2014), gift from Sylvan Barnet and bequest from William Burto; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2014.
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