Harvard Art Museums > 2006.170.265: Bowl with cobalt-blue splashes 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"Bowl with cobalt-blue splashes , 2006.170.265,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 18, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/197028. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2006.170.265 Title Bowl with cobalt-blue splashes Other Titles Original Language Title: 唐 三彩藍斑碗 Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date first half 8th century Places Creation Place: East Asia, China, Henan province Period Tang dynasty, 618-907 Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/197028 Physical Descriptions Medium Earthenware with blue splashed lead glaze Technique Lead glaze Dimensions H. 7.2 x Diam. 16.9 cm (2 13/16 x 6 5/8 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History [Berwald Oriental Art, London, 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 Alpheus Hyatt Purchasing Fund Accession Year 2006 Object Number 2006.170.265 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 Circular silver-form bowl with flared lip, straight sides with raised ridge a midpoint, short footring, and decoration of blue splashes against a white ground; off-white earthenware with lead-fluxed, cobalt-blue splashed glaze on the exterior and interior, glaze stops short of the foot; base unglazed. Cobalt-splashed sancai ware. From northern China, probably Henan province. Commentary Compare to: Sancai bowl of similar form excavated from the early 8th century tomb of Princess Yongtai in Qianling, Shaanxi province. See Wenwu 1 (1964): p. 23, fig. 33. Publication History Jessica Chloros, "An Investigation of Cobalt Pigment on Islamic Ceramics at the Harvard Art Museums" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 2008), Unpublished, pp. 1-41 passim Subjects and Contexts Sedgwick Collection 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
