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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1992.74
Title
Tea Bowl with Indented Lip, Golden Brown Hare's-Fur Markings, and Metal Rim
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
12th-13th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China, Fujian Province, Jianyang
Period
Song dynasty, 960-1279
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/200978

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Jian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in iron oxide, the lip bound with tin, the base with an incised number, and the lower portion of the bowl with a brush-written inscription reading "Shang zhai ji". From the kilns at Shuiji, Jianyang county, Fujian province.
Dimensions
6.7 x 12.4 cm (2 5/8 x 4 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: Base with an incised number, and the lower portion of the bowl with a brush-written insciption reading "Shang chai chi".

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane Fund for Asian Art
Accession Year
1992
Object Number
1992.74
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Robert D. Mowry, Hare's Fur, Tortoiseshell, and Partridge Feathers: Chinese brown- and black-glazed ceramics, 400-1400, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1996), pp. 209-213, no. 77

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