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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2006.170.242.6
Title
Circular tray with three ring-form feet
Other Titles
Original Language Title: 隋至唐 白瓷三環足盤
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
late 6th-early 7th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Sui (581-618) to Tang (618-907) dynasty
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/186745

Physical Descriptions

Medium
White stoneware with transparent glaze tinged with green
Technique
White ware
Dimensions
H. 5.8 x Diam. 25.8 cm (2 5/16 x 10 3/16 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
2006.170.242.6
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Large circular tray with short, gently rounded sides and three ring-form feet attached to the base at equidistant intervals; white porcelain with transparent glaze tinged with pale celadon green; center of tray base unglazed. From northern China; Hebei or Henan province. Part of a set comprising five cups and a circular tray (2006.170.1-6).
Commentary
Compare to:
White ware circular tray of similar form but with four circular feet excavated from the tomb of Sui Dynasty (581-618) General Zhang Sheng (d. 595) in Anyang, Henan province, now in the Henan Museum. See Zhongguo chutu ciqi quanji [Complete Collection of Chinese Ceramics Unearthed in China], vol. 12: Henan (Beijing: Kexue chubanshe, 2008), no. 29.

Exhibition History

Subjects and Contexts

  • Sedgwick Collection

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Verification Level

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