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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1999.198.9
Title
Sherd: Rectangular Fragment, perhaps from the Side of a Small 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/190506

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Guan ware: dark gray stoneware with lightly crackled, light grayish blue glaze. From the guan kilns near Hangzhou, Zhejiang province
Technique
Celadon
Dimensions
3.1 x 3.1 cm (1 1/4 x 1 1/4 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of R. Hatfield Ellsworth
Accession Year
1999
Object Number
1999.198.9
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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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Glazed Celadons" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 2001), Unpublished, pp. 1-48 passim

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