1999.334.45.A-B: Small Covered Ewer with Arching Handle and Spout and Stylized Lotus Decor, the Cover with Knob in the Form of a Recumbent Feline
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1999.334.45.A-B
- Title
- Small Covered Ewer with Arching Handle and Spout and Stylized Lotus Decor, the Cover with Knob in the Form of a Recumbent Feline
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- probably 12th century
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen
- Period
- Song dynasty, Southern Song period, 1127-1279
- Culture
- Chinese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/180735
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Qingbai ware: porcelain with pale bluish glaze over molded and carved decoration
- Technique
- Qingbai
- Dimensions
- with cover: H. 12.8 × W. (across spout) 12 × Diam. 9.6 cm (5 1/16 × 4 3/4 × 3 3/4 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
-
Shirley Nye, New York, NY, gift to HUAM
Shirley Nye purchased from Blitz Oriental Art, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Shirley Nye in memory of Warren E. Cox
- Accession Year
- 1999
- Object Number
- 1999.334.45.A-B
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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