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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1999.214
Title
Cylindrical Tripod Censer with Decoration of Butterflies Set within Flattened Quatrefoil Panels Against a Ground of Rolling Waves
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
13th-14th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China, Jiangxi province, Ji’an
Period
Southern Song period (1127-1279) to Yuan dynasty (1279-1368)
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/189160

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Painted Jizhou ware: off-white stoneware with decoration painted in iron-brown slip under a clear glaze. From the kilns at Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
Dimensions
9 x 11.7 cm (3 9/16 x 4 5/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Acquired from Kaikodo, New York.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, David A. Ellis Asian Art Fund
Accession Year
1999
Object Number
1999.214
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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