• Cinerary urn
  • Cinerary urn
  • Cinerary urn

Cinerary urn

Period
Unified Silla period, early 8th century
Origin
Korea
Medium
Unglazed stoneware
Dimension(s)
H x W x D (assembled): 19.7 × 19.6 × 16.5 cm (7 3/4 × 7 11/16 × 6 1/2 in)
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Object Number
F1916.422a-b

Provenance

To 1916
Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1916 [1]

From 1916 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company, New York in 1916 [2]

From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

Notes:

[1] Undated folder sheet note. Also see Original Pottery List, L. 2479, Freer Galley of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

[2] See note 1.

[3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.

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