Harvard Art Museums > 2006.170.279: Alms bowl Vessels Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Alms bowl , 2006.170.279,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 18, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/182524. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2006.170.279 Title Alms bowl Other Titles Original Language Title: 唐 黑陶缽 Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date 8th-9th century Places Creation Place: East Asia, China Period Tang dynasty, 618-907 Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/182524 Physical Descriptions Medium Burnished black earthenware Technique Burnished Dimensions H. 12.8 x Diam. 23.3 cm (5 1/16 x 9 3/16 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History [J.J. Lally & Co., New York, July 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 2006.170.279 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 Large hemispherical bowl with wide mouth, lightly inverted lip, and sides tapering inward to a rounded base—a Buddhist alms bowl (Sanskrit: pātra; Chinese bo); blackened earthenware coated with a slip solution containing clay, carbon, and gypsum and polished to a high gloss after firing. Commentary Compare to: Alms bowl of closely related form excavated in 1984 from a Tang dynasty tomb on the western hill of Longmen in Luoyang, Henan province. See Luoyang chutu wenwu jisui [Ancient Treasures of Luoyang] (Beijing: Morning Glory Publishers, 1990): no. 95, p. 104-05. Subjects and Contexts Sedgwick Collection Related Works 2001.118 Small Hemispherical 'Patra' Alms Bowl with Lightly Inverted Lip Vessels 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
