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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2001.221.A-B
Title
Covered Wide-Mouthed Bowl with Partridge-Feather Mottles
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
12th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Northern Song (960-1127) to Jin (1115-1234) period
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/149554

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Northern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the russet markings in overglaze iron oxide
Dimensions
bowl and cover: H. 12.5 x Diam. 15.6 cm (4 15/16 x 6 1/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Provenance:
J.J. Lally & Co., New York
Christie’s, New York, Sale 9822, Lot 83
Mr. and Mrs. Myron S. Falk, Jr. Collection, New York (Collection number 112); purchased from Yamanaka and Company, New York, in 1943 Yamanaka and Company, New York

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, David Berg, Esq., Bequest Fund and Shumei Family Fund for Asian Art
Accession Year
2001
Object Number
2001.221.A-B
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • 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. 144-145, no. 39
  • Harvard University Art Museums, Harvard University Art Museums Annual Report 2001-2002 (Cambridge, MA, 2003), p. 16

Exhibition History

  • Plum, Orchid, Chrysanthemum, and Bamboo: Botanical Motifs and Symbols in East Asian Painting, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 07/06/2002 - 01/05/2003
  • Rocks, Mountains, Landscapes and Gardens: The Essence of East Asian Painting ('04), Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 01/31/2004 - 08/01/2004
  • A Compelling Legacy: Masterworks of East Asian Painting, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 08/24/2004 - 03/20/2005
  • Forging the New: East Asian Painting in the Twentieth Century, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 05/03/2005 - 10/16/2005
  • Downtime, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 04/28/2007 - 04/20/2008
  • Re-View: S228-230 Arts of Asia, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 05/31/2008 - 06/01/2013

Verification Level

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