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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1950.83.67
Title
"Meiping" Bottle with Decoration of a Stylized Lotus Scroll against a Striated Ground
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
14th-early 15th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Yuan (1279-1368) to Ming (1368-1644) dynasty
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/200245

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Cizhou ware: light gray stoneware with decoration painted in black slip on a white slip ground, all under a turquoise glaze
Dimensions
H. 27 x Diam. 14 cm (10 5/8 x 5 1/2 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Helen Pratt Dane
Accession Year
1950
Object Number
1950.83.67
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Yutaka Mino, Freedom of Clay and Brush through Seven Centuries in Northern China: Tz'u-chou Type Wares, 960-1600 A.D., exh. cat., Indianapolis Museum of Art (Indianapolis, 1980), pp. 222-223, cat. 99

Verification Level

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