Photo: National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage, Republic of Korea

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Pear-shaped bottle

Datelate 15th to early 16th century

Maker Korean

Object number89.188

Photo CreditPhoto: National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage, Republic of Korea

Exhibition HistoryTokyo, Japan, Suntory Museum of Art, Luminous Jewels: Masterpieces of Asian Art From the Seattle Art Museum, July 25 - September 6, 2009 (Kobe, Japan, Kobe City Museum, September 19 - December 6, 2009; Kofu, Japan, Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art, December 23, 2009 - February 28, 2010; Atami, Japan, MOA Museum of Art, March 13 - May 9, 2010; Fukuoka, Japan, Fukuoka Art Museum, May 23 - July 19, 2010). Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Luminous: The Art of Asia, October 13, 2011 - January 8, 2012. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Boundless: Stories of Asian Art, February 8, 2020 - ongoing [on view February 8, 2020 - July 31, 2024]. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Meot: Korean Art from the Frank Bayley Collection, August 28, 2024 - March 9, 2025.Published References"Art of Asia Acquired by North American Museums, 1990," in the Archives of Asian Art, Vol. 44 (1991), p. 103-116, illus no. 46. Kawai, Masatomo, Yasuhiro Nishioka, Yukiko Sirahara, editors, "Luminous Jewels: Masterpieces of Asian Art From the Seattle Art Museum", 2009, The Yomiuri Shimbun, catalogue number 92 "Selected Works." Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1991, p. 177 "Korean Art Collection in the Seattle Art Museum, U.S.A." Tajaon Kwangyaoksi: Kungnip Munhwaja Yaonguso, 2015, pg. 92. Foong, Ping, Xiaojin Wu, and Darielle Mason. "An Asian Art Museum Transformed." Orientations vol. 51, no. 3 (May/June 2020): p. 61, reproduced fig. 22 (installation view).

Credit LineGift of Frank S. Bayley III

DimensionsHeight: 10in. (27cm)

MediumPorcelain with clear glaze