Ewer in the shape of a bamboo shoot

Bamboo Shoot-shaped Ewer
청자죽순형주자, 靑瓷竹筍形주子

Korean

Goryeo dynasty

12th century

Object Place: Korea

Medium/Technique Stoneware with celadon glaze and carved and incised decoration

Dimensions H. 24.9 cm (9 13/16 in.), diam. of foot: 9 cm (3 9/16 in.)

Credit Line Bequest of Charles Bain Hoyt—Charles Bain Hoyt Collection

Accession Number50.966a-b

CollectionsAsia

ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Stoneware

Catalogue Raisonné MFA Highlights: Arts of Korea (2012), p. 73

ProvenanceBy 1948, Charles Bain Hoyt (b. 1889 - d. 1949), Camden; 1950, bequest of Hoyt to the MFA (Accession Date: May 11, 1950).