2016.224: Globular Jar with Scrolling Peony Decor

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2016.224

Title

Globular Jar with Scrolling Peony Decor

Classification

Vessels

Work Type

vessel

Date

14th-early 15th century

Places

Creation Place: East Asia, China

Period

Ming dynasty, 1368-1644

Culture

Chinese

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/186934

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Cizhou-type cut-glaze ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the decoration cut into the glaze before firing

Dimensions

H. 25.8 x Diam. 24.1 cm (10 3/16 x 9 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[Warren E. Cox, New York, by 1950s], sold; to [The Chinese Porcelain Company, New York, 1950s] sold; to Ralph C. Marcove, New York (1950s-2001), transfer; to Trust u/w/o Ralph C. Marcove FBO C Marcove, New York (2001-2016), sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2016.
Footnote:
Ralph C. Marcove, MD (1929-2001)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Purchase through the generosity of Alan J. and Suzanne W. Dworsky

Accession Year

2016

Object Number

2016.224

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Robert D. Mowry, Hare's Fur, Tortoiseshell, and Partridge Feathers: Chinese brown- and black-glazed ceramics, 400-1400, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1996), pp. 197-198, no. 72

Exhibition History

• 32Q: 2600 East Asian, Japanese, Chinese and Korean, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/29/2021 - 07/17/2022

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