Harvard Art Museums > 2006.170.245: Cuspidor 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"Cuspidor , 2006.170.245,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 04, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/185759. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2006.170.245 Title Cuspidor Other Titles Original Language Title: 唐 白瓷唾盂 Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date 9th century Places Creation Place: East Asia, China, Hebei province, Quyang Period Tang dynasty, 618-907 Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/185759 Physical Descriptions Medium Porcelaneous white stoneware with ivory hued glaze Technique White ware Dimensions H. 11.7 x Diam. 15.2 cm (4 5/8 x 6 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History [Blitz Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Amsterdam, December 1999] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (1999-2006), 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 2006.170.245 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 Compressed pear-shaped receptacle supported on a short, wide footring, the upper portion in the form of a conical bowl, with small circular opening at the juncture between the upper and lower halves; porcelaneous white stoneware with lustrous ivory-hued glaze. Probably from the Ding kilns at Quyang, Hebei province. Commentary Compare to: (1) White ware cuspidor of similar shape, purportedly made at the Xing kilns, Henan province, was excavated in 1955 from a Tang-dynasty tomb at Wangjiafen, Xi’an, Shaanxi province, now in the Shaanxi History Museum. See Zhongguo chutu ciqi quanji [Complete Collection of Chinese Ceramics Unearthed in China], vol. 15: Shaanxi (Beijing: Kexue chubanshe, 2008), no. 50. (2) Black ware cuspidor of similar shape and approximate size was excavated in 1955 from a Tang dynasty tomb in the eastern suburbs of Xi’an, Shaanxi province, now in the Shaanxi History Museum. See ibid., no. 85. Exhibition History 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 Earthly Delights: 6,000 Years of Asian Ceramics, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/21/2022 - 08/14/2022 Subjects and Contexts Sedgwick Collection 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
