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청자음각앵무문접시, 靑瓷陰刻鸚鵡文접시
Dish with Incised cloud and bird design
청자음각앵무문접시, 靑瓷陰刻鸚鵡文접시
Korean
Goryeo dynasty
12th century
Object Place: Korea
Medium/Technique
Stoneware with celadon glaze
Dimensions
H. 4.4 cm (1 3/4 in.), diam. of rim: 17.7 cm (6 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Morse Collection. Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution
Accession Number92.3003
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CollectionsAsia
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA Highlights: Arts of Korea (2012), p. 78
ProvenanceFound among the ruins of Manwoldae Palace, Songdo (present-day Kaesong, North Korea) by the land owner; sold by one of his descendants to a Korean official; 1885, sold in Seoul by the official to a US Navy officer [see note 1]; 1889, sold by the US officer to Edward Sylvester Morse (b. 1838 - d. 1925), Salem; 1892, sold by Morse to the MFA (Accession Date: March 1, 1892).
Notes
[1] Edward Sylvester Morse, Catalogue of the Morse Collection of Japanese Pottery. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Cambridge: Riverside Press, 1901. p. 29.
Notes
[1] Edward Sylvester Morse, Catalogue of the Morse Collection of Japanese Pottery. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Cambridge: Riverside Press, 1901. p. 29.