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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2006.170.239
Title
Conical Bowl
Other Titles
Original Language Title: 唐至五代 青瓷碗
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
9th-10th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China, Zhejiang Province, Shanglinhu
Period
Tang dynasty (618-907) to Five Dynasties period (907-960)
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/146694

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Yue ware: stoneware with celadon glaze
Technique
Celadon
Dimensions
H. 4.3 x Diam. 14.5 cm (1 11/16 x 5 11/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[J.J. Lally & Co., 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
2006.170.239
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Shallow conical bowl with wide mouth, sides angled inward to a small circular foot; the base flat with a small circular indentation at the center, resembling the form of a ceremonial jade “bi” disk; light gray stoneware with olive-green celadon glaze of even tone covering the interior and exterior, including the base; six marks of a multi-pronged kiln support encircle the perimeter of the base. From the Yue kilns at Shanglinhu, Zhejiang province.
Commentary
Compare to:
Celadon bowl of closely related form attributed to the early Song period (10th century) excavated in 1998 from a construction site in Wuhe county, Bengbu, Anhui province, now in the Bengbu Municipal Museum. See Zhongguo chutu ciqi quanji [Complete Collection of Chinese Ceramics Unearthed in China], vol. 8: Anhui (Beijing: Kexue chubanshe, 2008), no. 125.

Subjects and Contexts

  • Sedgwick Collection

Verification Level

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