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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1999.230.9
Title
Small Circular Bowl with Articulated Lip and Stylized Lotus and Wave Decor
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
12th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China, Shaanxi province, Tongchuan
Period
Jin dynasty, 1115-1234
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/182455

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Yaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over carved and combed decoration, the interior coated with a thin layer of underglaze white slip. From the Yaozhou kilns at Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
Technique
Celadon
Dimensions
H. 5.7 x Diam. 13.5 cm (2 1/4 x 5 5/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Wentworth Collection, London (early 20th century). Richard Bryant Hobart, Cambridge, MA (by 1963), by inheritance; to Mabel Hobart Wentworth, Washington, DC (1963–1969), sold; through [Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York (12 December 1969), sold; to David Berg, New York (1969?–1999), bequest; to Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University, 1999.

Notes:
1. Richard Bryant Hobart (1885–1963), Harvard College Class of 1906
2. Mabel "Muffie" Hobart Wentworth Brandon Cabot (b. 1936), daughter of Richard
3. David Berg (1904–1999)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of David Berg, Esq.
Accession Year
1999
Object Number
1999.230.9
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • The Richard Bryant Hobart Collection of Chinese Ceramics & Paintings, Part Two, auct. cat., Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc. (New York, 1969), pp. 38-39, no. 213

Exhibition History

  • A Decade of Collecting: Asian Acquisitions 1990-1999, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 03/11/2000 - 11/05/2000
  • Streams and Mountains without End: Landscape Paintings from China, Korea, and Japan, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 11/25/2000 - 08/26/2001

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