Harvard Art Museums > 2003.108: Bottle or Vase with Decoration of Blossoming Plum Branches Vessels Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Bottle or Vase with Decoration of Blossoming Plum Branches , 2003.108,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 18, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/100181. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2003.108 Title Bottle or Vase with Decoration of Blossoming Plum Branches Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date 13th-14th century Places Creation Place: East Asia, China, Jiangxi province, Ji’an Period Southern Song period (1127-1279) to Yuan dynasty (1279-1368) Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/100181 Physical Descriptions Medium Jizhou ware: ivory white stoneware with decoration reserved in the biscuit against the dark brown glaze, the reserved designs covered with clear glaze over slip-painted details, selected details incised through the brown glaze. From the Jizhou kilns near Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province. Dimensions 20.2 x 11.8 cm (7 15/16 x 4 5/8 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History [Christie's, New York, 1 June 1990, lot 161] sold; to Peter W. Scheinman (1990-2003), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2003. Note: Peter W. Scheinman (b. 1932 - d. 2017) Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Partial gift of Peter W. Scheinman and partial purchase through the Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane Fund for Asian Art Accession Year 2003 Object Number 2003.108 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Jason C. Kuo, Born of Earth and Fire: Chinese Ceramics from the Scheinman Collection, exh. cat., ed. Jason C. Kuo, Baltimore Museum of Art (College Park, MD, 1992), p. 84, no. 65 Robert D. Mowry, Hare's Fur, Tortoiseshell, and Partridge Feathers: Chinese brown- and black-glazed ceramics, 400-1400, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1996), pp. 251-252, no. 102 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
