Duck-form ink palette | Harvard Art Museums

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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2006.170.277.A-B: Duck-form ink palette