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Turtle-shaped vessel


백자청화성좌문구형수주, 白瓷靑畵星座文龜形水注
Korean
Joseon dynasty
19th century
Object Place: Korea

Medium/Technique White porcelain with underglaze cobalt-blue decoration
Dimensions H. 18.4 cm (7 1/4 in.), L. 26 cm (10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of Charles Bain Hoyt—Charles Bain Hoyt Collection
Accession Number50.2212
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CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsCeramicsPorcelain

Catalogue Raisonné MFA Highlights: Arts of Korea (2012), p. 139
ProvenanceBy 1948, Charles Bain Hoyt (b. 1889 - d. 1949), Camden, MA; 1950, bequest of Hoyt to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 11, 1950)