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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2006.170.259
Title
Dish-mouthed vessel
Other Titles
Original Language Title: 隋至唐 青銅盤口唾盂
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
6th - 7th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Sui (581-618) to Tang (618-907) dynasty
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/176970

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silvered bronze
Dimensions
H. 5.8 x Diam. 6.2 cm (2 5/16 x 2 7/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Roger Keverne Limited, London, January 2001] 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
2006.170.259
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Compressed pear-shaped container with dish-shaped mouth, cylindrical neck, and body widening toward the base, which rests on a raised circular foot; base is flat.

Publication History

  • Fine and Rare Chinese Works of Art and Ceramics, Summer Exhibition 2000, auct. cat., Roger Keverne Limited (London, 2000), no. 9

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