Harvard Art Museums > 2006.170.242.6: Circular tray with three ring-form feet 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"Circular tray with three ring-form feet , 2006.170.242.6,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 25, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/186745. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. 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 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 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 Earthly Delights: 6,000 Years of Asian Ceramics, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/21/2022 - 08/14/2022 Subjects and Contexts Sedgwick Collection Related Works 2006.170.242.1-6 Circular tray with three ring-form-feet and five cups Vessels 2006.170.242.2 Cup Vessels 2006.170.242.3 Cup Vessels 2006.170.242.1 Cup Vessels 2006.170.242.4 Cup Vessels 2006.170.242.5 Cup 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
