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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2006.170.148
Title
Pedestal dish
Other Titles
Original Language Title: 戰國 黑色硬陶豆
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
5th-4th century BCE
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Zhou dynasty, Warring States period, 475-221 BCE
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/174843

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gray stoneware with blackened surface
Dimensions
H. 23.2 x Diam. 15.1 cm (9 1/8 x 5 15/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Sotheby's, New York, 20 September 2000, lot. 66] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (2000-2006), 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
2006.170.148
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Shallow circular dish raised on a tall narrow cylindrical stem with circular base; geometric decor on the floor of the dish; light gray stoneware with blackened surface, the decoration polished into the matte surface before firing.
Commentary
Compare to:
Pedestal dish of similar form without the burnished decor and with traces of red pigment excavated in 2014 from an early Warring States period (5th-4th century BCE) tomb in Zibo, Shandong province. See Wenwu [Cultural Relics] 10 (2016): 15, fig. 22.

Publication History

  • Fine Chinese Works of Art, auct. cat., Sotheby's, New York (New York, September 20, 2000), lot 66

Subjects and Contexts

  • Sedgwick Collection

Verification Level

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