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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1991.272
Title
Small Circular Bowl with Stylized Lotus and Wave Decor
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
12th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China, Shaanxi province, Tongchuan
Period
Jin dynasty, 1115-1234
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/201787

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Yaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised, carved, and combed decoration. From the Yaozhou kilns at Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
Dimensions
H. 5.1 x Diam. 13.6 cm (2 x 5 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Ralph C. Marcove, M.D., New York purchased from Sotheby's, London (ca. 1971).
H.R.N. Norton, London
Marquese Gia Quili Ferrini, Florence
John Sparks, London

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Ralph C. Marcove, M.D.
Accession Year
1991
Object Number
1991.272
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Yutaka Mino, Chinese Relics from the Collection of Dr. Ralph Marcove, exh. cat., Indianapolis Museum of Art (1981), p. 41, cat. no. 55

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