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청자양각모란문접시, 靑瓷陽覺牡丹文접시
Korean
Goryeo dynasty
13th century
Object Place: Korea

Medium/Technique Glazed stoneware with impressed decoration
Dimensions Height: 5.4 cm (2 1/8 in.), Diameter of Rim: 18.0 cm (7 1/16 in.), Diameter of Foot: 6.4 cm (2 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Morse Collection. Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution
Accession Number92.2998
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsCeramicsPottery

ProvenanceFound among the ruins of Manwoldae Palace, Songdo (present-day Kaesong, North Korea) by the land owner; sold by one of his descendants to a Korean official; 1885, sold in Seoul by the official to a US Navy officer [see note 1]; 1889, sold by the US officer to Edward Sylvester Morse (b. 1838 - d. 1925), Salem; 1892, sold by Morse to the MFA (Accession Date: March 1, 1892).
Notes
[1] Edward Sylvester Morse, Catalogue of the Morse Collection of Japanese Pottery. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Cambridge: Riverside Press, 1901. p. 29.