Melon-shaped ewer with inlaid peony and chrysanthemum

청자상감국화연화절지문과형주자, 靑瓷象嵌菊花蓮花折枝文瓜形注子

Korean

Goryeo dynasty

13th century

Object Place: Korea

Medium/Technique Stoneware with celadon glaze

Dimensions H. 20.3 cm (8 in.); diam. of lid: 3.7 cm (1 7/16 in.); diam. of foot: 8 cm (3 1/8 in.)

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

Accession Number50.985a-b

CollectionsAsia

ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Stoneware

Catalogue Raisonné MFA Highlights: Arts of Korea (2012), p. 88

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