A green-blue ceramic dish that is wide and low. It has a wide, stout foot.
Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College
Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College

A green-blue ceramic dish that is wide and low. The outside of the dish has wide, shallow indents all around. It has a wide, stout foot. It is shown standing on a grey background.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1995.821
Title
Circular Dish with Ascending Lotus Petal Decor on the Exterior
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
12th-13th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China, Zhejiang Province, Longquan
Period
Song dynasty, Southern Song period, 1127-1279
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/198095

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Longquan celadon ware: light gray stoneware with bluish green celadon glaze over molded decoration. From the Longquan kilns at Longquan, Zhejiang province.
Dimensions
H. 3.5 x Diam. 13.3 cm (1 3/8 x 5 1/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Blitz Antiek en Kunsthandel, Amsterdam, 1995], sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1995.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Shumei Culture Foundation Fund
Accession Year
1995
Object Number
1995.821
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • Masterworks of East Asian Painting, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 11/03/1995 - 06/09/1996
  • A Decade of Collecting: Asian Acquisitions 1990-1999, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 03/11/2000 - 11/05/2000
  • Streams and Mountains without End: Landscape Paintings from China, Korea, and Japan, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 11/25/2000 - 08/26/2001
  • 32Q: 2600 East Asian, Japanese, Chinese and Korean, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 12/01/2016 - 06/09/2017

Subjects and Contexts

  • Google Art Project

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Verification Level

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