Melon-shaped vase with flower-shaped mouth – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Advanced Search

Advanced Search

Melon-shaped vase with flower-shaped mouth

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

ON VIEW
Arts of Korea Gallery (Gallery 179)

CollectionsAsia

ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Stoneware

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)