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Oil Bottle

12th century
Object PlaceKorea
Medium/TechniqueGlazed stoneware
DimensionsHeight: 6.0 cm (2 3/8 in.), Diameter of Rim: 2.0 cm (13/16 in.), Diameter of Foot: 3.1 cm (1 1/4 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection and Denman Waldo Ross
Accession number99.288
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCeramics
Collections
Provenance1880s, probably purchased in Japan by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston; 1899, gift of Bigelow and Denman Waldo Ross (b. 1853 - d. 1935), Cambridge to the MFA (Accession Date: November 7, 1899).
Group shot: 50.993, 11.1830, 99.278
14th century
Flower-shaped Bowl
late 12th century
Group shot: 99.292, 11.1827
12th century
Flower-shaped Dish
13th century
Melon-shaped Ewer
13th century
Cup and Stand
13th century
Bowl
12th century
Flower-shaped Case
13th century
Bowl
12th century
Group shot: 11.1820, 40.480b
12th century
Group shot: 40.480a, 11.1822, 50.1094
12th century