1999.230.7: Flower Vase in the Form of an Archaic Bronze 'Zun' Wine Vessel with Dragon-and-Wave Decor
VesselsThis white porcelain vase has a round base that grows narrower near the top. Its middle section is rounded, and its cylindrical upper section flares out dramatically at the top. Each section of the vase is painted with blue dragons. They have long snakelike bodies, beards, and clawed feet. The background around each dragon is filled with wave shapes in much lighter blue. The inside of the vase is pure white with blue feather shapes radiating out all the way around the rim.
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
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Verification Level
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