Harvard Art Museums > 2006.170.215: Basin 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"Basin , 2006.170.215,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 21, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/174173. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2006.170.215 Title Basin Other Titles Original Language Title: 晋或南朝 越窯青瓷大洗 Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date 4th-5th century CE Places Creation Place: East Asia, China, Zhejiang Province, Shaoxing Period Jin dynasty, 266-420 Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/174173 Physical Descriptions Medium Yue ware: stoneware with celadon glaze Technique Celadon Dimensions H. 6 x Diam. 23.7 cm (2 3/8 x 9 5/16 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History [Priestley and Ferraro, London, May 2001] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (2001-2006), 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 2006.170.215 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. Descriptions Description Basin with wide, flat, everted rim and rounded sides; short footring of wide diameter and narrow width encircles the flat base; incised horizontal lines encircle the exterior walls; a simple circle is impressed into the floor of the basin. Light gray stoneware with olive-green glaze all over, including the underside; more than a dozen spur marks on the base indicate the object was elevated in the kiln when fired. From the Yue kilns in the Shaoxing area of northeastern Zhejiang. Large bronze basins of this form were used from the Han dynasty (206 BCE–220 CE) through the Northern and Southern Dynasties period (420–589) and were the inspiration for ceramic basins such as this. These types of vessels are referred to as “xi” (washers), indicating their probable function. Numerous green-glazed basins of this form have been excavated from third- and fourth-century tombs in Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces. Commentary Compare to: (1) Celadon basin of closely related form excavated in 1979 from an early Eastern Jin (4th century) brick tomb in Jiangning county, Nanjing city, Jiangsu province. See Wenwu [Cultural Relics] 8 (1990): 51, figs. 9-10. (2) Greenish-yellow glazed basin of similar form excavated in 1987 from an early Southern Dynasties brick tomb dated to 435 CE in Xinxing county, Guangdong province. See Wenwu [Cultural Relics] 8 (1990): 57, fig. 10. Subjects and Contexts Sedgwick Collection 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
