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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1977.22
Title
Flat-Shouldered "Meiping" Bottle with Carinated Mouth and Scrolling Peony Decor
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
12th-early 13th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Xixia kingdom, 1032-1227
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/201975

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Cizhou-type cut-glaze ware: light gray stoneware with rust brown glaze, the decoration cut into the glaze before firing. From the Ciyaobao kilns, Lingwu county, Ningxia Huizu Autonomous Region.
Dimensions
H. 31 x Diam. 15.6 cm (12 3/16 x 6 1/8 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Choate
Accession Year
1977
Object Number
1977.22
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. 201-202, no. 74
  • Hang Tian, Xixia Ciqi [Xixia Ceramics], Wenwu chubanshe (Beijing, 2010), TB3001, p. 313
  • Carolyn Kyongshin Koh Choo, Traditional Korean Ceramics: A Look by a Scientist, Designnanoom (Seoul, 2016), p. 160, fig. 7-7

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