Harvard Art Museums > 2006.170.241.2: Pedestal dish Vessels Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Pedestal dish , 2006.170.241.2,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 24, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/192060. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2006.170.241.2 Title Pedestal dish Other Titles Original Language Title: 隋 白瓷圈足盤 Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date late 6th early 7th century Places Creation Place: East Asia, China, Henan province Period Sui dynasty, 581-618 Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/192060 Physical Descriptions Medium White stoneware with transparent glaze tinged with green. Technique White ware Dimensions H. 6.6 x Diam. 9.5 cm (2 5/8 x 3 3/4 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History [Kaikodo, New York, September 1998] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (1998-2006), 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 2006.170.241.2 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. Descriptions Description Shallow circular dish supported by a slender cylindrical pedestal that flares at the base; underside of dish gently rounded, with sides rising to a slightly everted rim; white stoneware with transparent glaze faintly tinged with a pale celadon green color; glaze covers entire dish and pedestal down to the foot; underside of pedestal base unglazed. From northern China, possibly from the kilns at Gongyi, Henan province. One of a pair with 2006.170.241.1. Commentary Compare to: Celadon pedestal dish of closely related form excavated in 1953 from a Sui period tomb at Mafangshan, Wuchang, Hubei province, now in the Hubei Provincial Museum. See Zhongguo taoci quanji [The Complete Works of Chinese Ceramics], vol. 5: Sui, Tang [Sui and Tang dynasties] (Shanghai: Shanghai renmin meishu chubanshe, 2000), no. 45, pp. 72 and 230. Subjects and Contexts Sedgwick Collection Related Works 2006.170.241.1 Pedestal dish Vessels 2006.170.241.1-2 A Pair of Small Pedestal Dishes Vessels 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
