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Jar with orchid design


백자청화초화문호, 白瓷靑畵草花文壺
Korean
Joseon dynasty
18th century
Object Place: Korea

Medium/Technique White porcelain with underglaze cobalt-blue decoration
Dimensions H. 40.2 cm (15 13/16 in.); diame. of rim: 15 cm (5 7/8 in.); diam. of foot: 15.5 cm (6 1/8 in.)
Credit Line The John Pickering Lyman Collection—Gift of Miss Theodora Lyman
Accession Number19.871
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsCeramicsPorcelain

Catalogue Raisonné MFA Highlights: Arts of Korea (2012), p. 132
ProvenanceBy 1914, John Pickering Lyman (b. 1847 - d. 1914), Portsmouth; 1914, by inheritance to his sister, Miss Theodora Lyman (d. 1919), Portsmouth; 1919, gift of Miss Lyman to the MFA (Accession Date: September 18, 1919).