Harvard Art Museums > 2006.170.249.A-B: Small covered box Boxes Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Small covered box , 2006.170.249.A-B,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Jan 09, 2025, https://hvrd.art/o/176273. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2006.170.249.A-B Title Small covered box Other Titles Original Language Title: 唐 白瓷盒 Classification Boxes Work Type box Date 8th-9th century Places Creation Place: East Asia, China Period Tang dynasty, 618-907 Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/176273 Physical Descriptions Medium White stoneware with ivory hued glaze Technique White ware Dimensions with cover: H. 4.8 x Diam. 8.5 cm (1 7/8 x 3 3/8 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History [Kaikodo, 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 2006.170.249.A-B 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 Small circular covered box with straight sides and angled perimeters; white stoneware with ivory-hued glaze on exterior and interior; base unglazed. From northern China, probably from Hebei or Henan province. Commentary Compare to: Small white ware box of closely related form excavated in 1989 from a late Tang-dynasty tomb at Beizhai village, Jingxing mining district, Hebei province, now in the Shijiazhuang Museum, Hebei. Zhongguo chutu ciqi quanji [Complete Collection of Chinese Ceramics Unearthed in China], vol. 3: Hebei (Beijing: Kexue chubanshe, 2008), no. 48. 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
