Harvard Art Museums > 2006.170.223: Circular ink palette with three legs Artists' Tools Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Circular ink palette with three legs , 2006.170.223,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 20, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/175366. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2006.170.223 Title Circular ink palette with three legs Other Titles Original Language Title: 南朝至隋 青銅三足硯 Classification Artists' Tools Work Type palette Date 5th-6th century Places Creation Place: East Asia, China Period Northern and Southern Dynasties period (420-589) to Sui dynasty (581-618) Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/175366 Physical Descriptions Medium Stoneware with celadon glaze Technique Celadon Dimensions H. 5.5 x Diam. 16.6 cm (2 3/16 x 6 9/16 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History [J.J. Lally & Co., New York, January 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 2006.170.223 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 Wide, circular, dish-shaped ink palette supported on three cabriole legs; light gray stoneware with pale yellow green glaze over the exterior and underside. Place of manufacture uncertain, perhaps southern China. Commentary Compare to: Ink palette of related form and similar in size excavated from a Southern Qi tomb dated to 485 at Hejiadawan near Wuchang, Hubei province. See Kaogu [Archaeology] 4 (1965): 176-214, fig. 5.21 and pl. 5.8. Subjects and Contexts Sedgwick Collection Related Works 2006.170.224 Ink palette or circular stand Artists' Tools 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
