mid 18th century
H. 9.4 x Diam. 23.1 cm (3 11/16 x 9 1/8 in.)
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.
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.
17th-18th centuryKoreanChosŏn white ware: porcelain with light blue glaze. From the kilns at Punwŏn-ri, Kwangju-gun, Kyŏnggi province.
18th centuryKoreanLight gray stoneware with pale celadon glaze over decoration painted in iron-brown slip
17th-18th 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 centuryKoreanMolded light gray stoneware with traces of natural ash glaze
17th-20th centuryKoreanBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
18th centuryKoreanGrayish-buff stoneware with opaque light grayish-blue glaze. Made in northeastern Korea, probably in Hoeryŏng-gun, possibly in Myŏngc'hŏn-gun, North Hamgyŏng province.
17th-19th centuryKoreanLight gray stoneware with pale celadon glaze over decoration painted in iron-brown slip. Reportedly recovered in Pŏpsŏngp'o, Yŏnggwang-gun, South Chŏlla province, in early 1963.
17th-18th centuryKoreanWhite ware: porcelain with light bluish glaze. Probably made in Kwangju-gun, Kyŏnggi province.
18th centuryKoreanLight gray stoneware with pale celadon glaze over decoration painted in iron-brown slip
17th-18th centuryKoreanBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue. From the kilns at Punwŏn-ri, Kwangju-gun, Kyŏnggi province.
18th centuryKoreanWhite ware: porcelain with light bluish glaze. Probably made at Punwŏn-ri, Kwangju-gun, Kyŏnggi province.
18th centuryKorean