Harvard Art Museums > 1999.198.8: Sherd: Trapezoidal Fragment from the Shoulder and Neck of a Bottle or Vase Fragments Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Sherd: Trapezoidal Fragment from the Shoulder and Neck of a Bottle or Vase , 1999.198.8,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 21, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/190156. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1999.198.8 Title Sherd: Trapezoidal Fragment from the Shoulder and Neck of a Bottle or Vase Classification Fragments Work Type sherd Date 12th cent. - 13th cent. Places Creation Place: East Asia, China, Zhejiang Province Period Song dynasty, Southern Song period, 1127-1279 Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/190156 Physical Descriptions Medium Guan ware: dark gray stoneware with lightly crackled, light grayish blue glaze on the exterior and with thinly applied, crackled, pale blusih gray glaze on the interior. From the guan kilns near Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. Technique Celadon Dimensions 3.7 x 4.9 cm (1 7/16 x 1 15/16 in.) Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of R. Hatfield Ellsworth Accession Year 1999 Object Number 1999.198.8 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. Publication History Sara Moy, "Why Are They Blue?: A Technical Analysis of Chinese Green and Blue Glazed Celadons" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 2001), Unpublished, pp. 1-48 passim Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete.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