1991.235: Small Lotus-Bud-Shaped Jar with Oil-Spot Decoration
Vessels
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1991.235
- Title
- Small Lotus-Bud-Shaped Jar with Oil-Spot Decoration
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- 12th century
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, China, Henan province
- Period
- Jin dynasty, 1115-1234
- Culture
- Chinese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/201469
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Northern black ware of Cizhou type: off-white stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide
- Dimensions
- H. 8.2 x Diam. 9.7 cm (3 1/4 x 3 13/16 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Zuellig, Switzerland, purchased from J.J. Lally & Co., New York, as a gift for the Harvard University Art Museums
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Zuellig
- Accession Year
- 1991
- Object Number
- 1991.235
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Carol Warner, "Black Ware Bowls of the Northern Song Period Glaze Analysis" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 1992), Unpublished, pp. 1-13 passim
Verification Level
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