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Pear-shaped bottle with trumpet-shaped mouth


Lobed Bottle
청자죽문병, 靑瓷竹文甁
Korean
Goryeo dynasty
12th century
Object Place: Korea

Medium/Technique Stoneware with celadon glaze and incised decoration
Dimensions Height: 34.8 cm (13 11/16 in. ); diameter of mouth: 9 cm (3 9/16 in.); diameter of foot: 11.9 cm (4 11/16 in.)
Credit Line Special Korean Pottery Fund
Accession Number11.1819
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsCeramicsPorcelain

Catalogue Raisonné MFA Highlights: Arts of Korea (2012), pp. 70-1
ProvenancePossibly from one of the royal tombs of Korea. 1911, purchased in Japan by curator Langdon Warner (b. 1881 - d. 1955), Boston on behalf of the MFA for 350 yen (Accession Date: October 16, 1911).