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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
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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Art Museums" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 2008), Unpublished, pp. 1-41 passim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

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