2006.170.244.A-B: Globular lamp (?) with separate base

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2006.170.244.A-B

Title

Globular lamp (?) with separate base

Other Titles

Original Language Title: 隋 白瓷燈

Classification

Vessels

Work Type

vessel

Date

late 6th early 7th century

Places

Creation Place: East Asia, China

Period

Sui dynasty, 581-618

Culture

Chinese

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/142056

Physical Descriptions

Medium

White stoneware with transparent glaze tinged with green

Technique

White ware

Dimensions

H. 37.5 x Diam. 24 cm (14 3/4 x 9 7/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[The Chinese Porcelain Company, New York, 2002] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (2002-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Partial gift of the Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation and partial purchase through the Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane Fund for Asian Art

Accession Year

2006

Object Number

2006.170.244.A-B

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Globular container with cylindrical neck and open bottom, four double-loop handles, and two palmette-ended loop handles and top and bottom; separate base with flared sides and two palmette-ended loop handles, the interior of the base with cylindrical holder, possibly for a candle. with From northern China, probably from Hebei or Henan province.

Publication History

• Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art: Recent Acquisitions, auct. cat., The Chinese Porcelain Company (New York, NY, 2002), no. 14, pp. 40-41

Subjects and Contexts

• Sedgwick Collection

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