1999.230.7: Flower Vase in the Form of an Archaic Bronze 'Zun' Wine Vessel with Dragon-and-Wave Decor

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1999.230.7

Title

Flower Vase in the Form of an Archaic Bronze 'Zun' Wine Vessel with Dragon-and-Wave Decor

Classification

Vessels

Work Type

vessel

Date

perhaps Chenghua period (1465-1487)

Places

Creation Place: East Asia, China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen

Period

Ming dynasty, 1368-1644

Culture

Chinese

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/185450

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue

Technique

Blue-and-white ware

Dimensions

max.: H. 22 × mouth Diam. 15 cm (8 11/16 × 5 7/8 in.)
base: Diam. 10.5 cm (4 1/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

David Berg, New York (by 1999), bequest; to Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University, 1999.

Note:
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

1999.230.7

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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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
• Plum, Orchid, Chrysanthemum, and Bamboo: Botanical Motifs and Symbols in East Asian Painting, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 07/06/2002 - 01/05/2003
• Downtime, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 04/28/2007 - 04/20/2008
• Re-View: S228-230 Arts of Asia, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 05/31/2008 - 06/01/2013
• Adorning the Inner Court: Jun Ware for the Chinese Palace, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/20/2017 - 08/13/2017
• Earthly Delights: 6,000 Years of Asian Ceramics, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/21/2022 - 08/14/2022

Subjects and Contexts

• Collection Highlights

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