Jin-Sa vase and storage box

NameVase, box

Artist Han Do-Hyun (born 1960)

Date2012

Place madeIncheon, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, East Asia, Asia

MediumCeramic (porcelain), wood, cotton

DimensionsVase: 7 7/8 × 7 5/16 × 7 11/16 in. (20 × 18.5 × 19.6 cm)
Box Top: 1 9/16 × 10 1/2 × 10 1/2 in. (4 × 26.7 × 26.7 cm)
Box Bottom: 8 13/16 × 10 1/2 × 10 1/2 in. (22.4 × 26.7 × 26.7 cm)
String Tie: 111 1/8 × 9/16 in. (282.2 × 1.4 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of Han Do-Hyun, A.2012.45.2a-d

Object numberA.2012.45.2a-d

Collections

Asia

Descriptiona): Vase. Light grayish green and dark red mostly on the body of the vase. The vase has a round, narrow opening and neck and a round body. Many visible lines resembling webs are present on the surface of the vase. On the bottom of the vase is written a Han character. b-c). Box: of creamy white wood. b). Box top: Inside the box top is written nine Han characters in black and two stamps in red. c). In the bottom part of the bottom box are four rectangular holes made for the box string to pass through. d). String tie: The box string is brown with dotted stripes of white and yellow.