Prunus vase with dragon and chrysanthemum florets

분청자상감용문매병, 粉靑瓷象嵌龍文梅甁

Korean

Joseon dynasty

early 15th century

Object Place: Korea

Medium/Technique Buncheong stoneware with inlaid decoration

Dimensions H. 33.7 cm (13 1/4 in.); diam. of mouth: 7.3 cm (2 7/8 in.); diam. of foot: 9.7 cm (3 13/16 in.)

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

Accession Number50.2176

CollectionsAsia

ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Stoneware

Catalogue Raisonné MFA Highlights: Arts of Korea (2012), pp. 110-1

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