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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1999.230.3
Title
Circular Bowl with Scrolling Lotus Decor on the Interior and with Two Registers of Rising Lotus Petals on the Exterior
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
Xuande period, 1426-1435
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen
Period
Ming dynasty, 1368-1644
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/188085

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Xuande nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
Technique
Blue-and-white ware
Dimensions
H. 10.2 x Diam. 20.4 cm (4 x 8 1/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Richard Bryant Hobart, Cambridge, MA (by 1949–1963), by inheritance; to Mabel Hobart Wentworth, Washington, DC (1963–1969), sold; through [Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York (12 December 1969); to [J.T. Tai & Co., New York, 1969?], sold; to David Berg, New York (after 1969–1999), bequest; to Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University, 1999.

Notes:
1. Richard Bryant Hobart (1885–1963), Harvard College Class of 1906
2. Mabel "Muffie" Hobart Wentworth Brandon Cabot (b. 1936), daughter of Richard Bryant Hobart and Janet Elliott Wulsin (1894–1963)
3. 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
1999.230.3
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Jean Gordon Lee, "An Exhibition of Blue-Decorated Porcelain of the Ming Dynasty", Philadelphia Museum of Art Bulletin, Philadelphia Museum of Art (Philadelphia, Autumn 1949), vol. 45, no. 223, pp. 1-72, p. 13, no. 56; illustrated p. 43, no. 55 (images 55 and 56 likely transposed)
  • The Richard Bryant Hobart Collection of Oriental Ceramics, Part One, auct. cat., Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc. (New York, 1969), pp. 76-77, no. 129

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

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