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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1999.207.A-B
Title
Circular Covered Box with Lotus Blossom Decor
Classification
Boxes
Work Type
box
Date
9th-10th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China, Zhejiang Province, Shanglinhu
Period
Tang dynasty (618-907) to Five Dynasties period (907-960)
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/189165

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Yue ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over carved decoration. From the Yue kilns at Shanglinhu, Zhejiang province.
Dimensions
including cover: H. 4.5 x Diam. 11 cm (1 3/4 x 4 5/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
J.J. Lally & Co., New York
Blitz Antiek en Kunsthandel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of William B. Goldstein and Madeline Klein
Accession Year
1999
Object Number
1999.207.A-B
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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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

Verification Level

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