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Jar with dragon and turtle


백자청화학귀문호, 白瓷靑畵鶴龜文壺
Korean
Joseon dynasty
late 18th century
Object Place: Korea

Medium/Technique White porcelain with underglaze cobalt-blue decoration
Dimensions H. 32.2 cm (12 11/16 in.); diam. of rim: 14 cm (5 1/2 in.); diam. of foot: 14.6 cm (5 3/4 in.)
Credit Line The John Pickering Lyman Collection—Gift of Miss Theodora Lyman
Accession Number19.949
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsCeramicsPorcelain

Catalogue Raisonné MFA Highlights: Arts of Korea (2012), pp. 138-9
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).