Harvard Art Museums > 2006.170.283: Large 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"Large dish , 2006.170.283,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/197050. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2006.170.283 Title Large dish Other Titles Original Language Title: 遼 三彩盤 Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date 10th-11th century Places Creation Place: East Asia, China Period Liao dynasty, 907-1125 Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/197050 Physical Descriptions Medium Earthenware with three-color (sancai) lead glaze Technique Lead glaze Dimensions H. 5.7 x Diam. 27.3 cm (2 1/4 x 10 3/4 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History [J.J. Lally & Co., 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 Alpheus Hyatt Purchasing Fund Accession Year 2006 Object Number 2006.170.283 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 Large circular dish with sides curving inward to a short footring; molded decoration in relief of flowers, leaves, and bees on the interior; pinkish buff earthenware coated with a white slip before the application of iron-brown and copper-green lead-fluxed glazes on selected areas, the exterior with a translucent pale green lead-fluxed glaze stopping short of the footring. Commentary Compare to: Sancai dish with closely related molded decoration excavated in 1959 from a Liao site at Xiaoliuzhangzi village, Yushulin township, Ningcheng county, Chifeng, Inner Mongolia, now in the Museum of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. See Zhongguo chutu ciqi quanji [Complete Collection of Chinese Ceramics Unearthed in China], vol. 4: Nei Mengu [Inner Mongolia] (Beijing: Kexue chubanshe, 2008), no. 72. Exhibition History Earthly Delights: 6,000 Years of Asian Ceramics, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/21/2022 - 08/14/2022 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
