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Melon-shaped vase with flower-shaped mouth


청자과형병, 靑瓷瓜形甁
Korean
Goryeo dynasty
first half of the 12th century
Object Place: Korea

Medium/Technique Stoneware with celadon glaze and incised decoration
Dimensions H. 23.2 cm (9 1/8 in.); Diam. of mouth: 9.7 cm (3 13/16 in.); diam. of foot: 7.5 cm (2 15/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John Dolliver MacDonald
Accession Number59.308
OUT ON LOAN
On display at National Museum of Korea, November 26, 2024 – March 3, 2025
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsCeramicsPotteryStoneware

Catalogue Raisonné MFA Highlights: Arts of Korea (2012), pp. 68-9
ProvenanceJoseph Leiter (b. 1868 - d. 1932), Chicago. Mathias Komor (dealer; b. 1909 - d. 1984), New York. By 1958, Mr. and Mrs. John Dolliver MacDonald, Cambridge, MA; 1959, gift of Mr. and Mrs. John D. MacDonald to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 14, 1959)