Bowl with landscape decor | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2006.170.191
Title: Bowl with landscape decor
Other Titles: Original Language Title: 漢绿釉陶盘
Classification: Vessels
Work Type: vessel
Date: 1st century BCE-2nd century CE
Places: Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period: Han dynasty, 206 BCE-220 CE
Culture: Chinese
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/192166

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Earthenware with green lead glaze
Technique: Lead glaze
Dimensions: H. 8.4 x Diam. 18.3 cm (3 5/16 x 7 3/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: [J.J. Lally & Co., New York, February 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: 2006.170.191
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Straight sided bowl with decoration of ducks flying amid scrolling clouds in a schematized landscape; red earthenware with lead-fluxed emerald-green glaze over molded decoration, the glaze fully covering the vessel, including the base

Subjects and Contexts

Sedgwick Collection

Verification Level

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2006.170.191: Bowl with landscape decor