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Musslewhite, Jerry Lee print view role Collector dates 1937-2009 city Dallas state TX other cities Arp, TX sex M historical notes Born in Arp, Texas, Jerry Lee Musslewhite studied fine arts in college and subsequently took a position in South Korea working as Director of the Crafts Shop at the U.S. Army military base in Daegu. He remained in Korea for more than twenty-five years, and in his spare time he became an avid collector of Korean art and antiques, which he shipped to Texas for storage every three years or so. The resultant Jerry Lee Musslewhite collection, a small but stellar group of fifty-three artworks from Korea, was acquired by the Crow Collection of Asian Art in 2010. This collection includes beautiful examples of the three major areas of Korean ceramics, including Goryeo dynasty (918–1392) celadon and Joseon dynasty (1392–1910) porcelain as well as rare gray stoneware from the early Three Kingdoms period (57 B.C.–A.D. 935). The collection also includes a small selection of Korean paintings, included masterpieces such as the intricate hanging silk scroll Assembled Deities from 1812, the captivating Kshitigarbha with the Ten Kings of Hell ink and gold painting from 1775, and the exquisite Scholar's Accouterments, an eight-panel silk screen adorned with a pair of Korean eyeglasses from the late 19th century, and some very fine chests, boxes, and other examples of decorative art. decades of activity 1960-1970 1970-1980 1980-1990 1990-2000 2000-2010 updated 03/22/2024 12:09:32 bibliographic search Search Frick Art Reference Library Catalog Search Photoarchive Search Worldcat Archives/Repository Collection Title Collection Details «  back