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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2006.170.277.A-B
Title
Duck-form ink palette
Other Titles
Original Language Title: 唐 灰硬陶鴨形硯
Classification
Artists' Tools
Work Type
inkstone
Date
8th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Tang dynasty, 618-907
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/190160

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gray stoneware
Dimensions
H. 3.7 x L. 10.3 x W. 7.8 cm (1 7/16 x 4 1/16 x 3 1/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[J.J. Lally & Co., New York, November 1999] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (1999-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Partial gift of the Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation and partial purchase through the Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane Fund for Asian Art
Accession Year
2006
Object Number
2006.170.277.A-B
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Covered ink palette in the form of a striding duck with head turned slightly, the removable cover lightly domed and incised with a pattern suggesting feathers; light gray stoneware with incised and carved decoration.

Subjects and Contexts

  • Sedgwick Collection

Verification Level

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