Ewer in the Form of a Double Gourd with Design of Boys amidst Grapevines

Culture: Korean
Dynasty: Goryeo dynasty, 918–1392
Date: late 12th–early 13th century
Material: Stoneware with incised, inlaid, and underglaze copper decoration under celadon glaze
made in: Korea, Asia
Classification: Ceramics, containers
Collection: Asian Art
Current Location: On View, Gallery 227
Dimensions: 13 1/4 x 5 11/16 in. (33.7 x 14.4 cm)
Credit Line: Museum Purchase
Rights: Public Domain
Object Number: 254:1919

- 1919
Unknown dealer, Seoul, Korea [1]

1919 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from unknown dealer through William K. Bixby (1857–1931) [2]

Notes:
[1] This purchase is documented in William K. Bixby, Note-book of a Journey to Japan, Korea and China, 1919 (St. Louis, Mo.: Privately printed for the family and friends of W. K. Bixby, 1921), pp. 84–85, under the diary entry for Sunday, August 3, 1919.

[2] Minutes of the Administrative Board of Control of the City Art Museum, May 2, 1919.

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