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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1977.23
Title
Shallow Dish with Stylized Floral Decor
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
probably 12th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Northern Song (960-1127) to Jin (1115-1234) period
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/202494

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Cizhou ware: light gray stoneware with decoration incised and carved into an all-over coating of white slip, the whole piece covered with a clear, transparent glaze
Dimensions
H. 4.6 x Diam. 20.2 cm (1 13/16 x 7 15/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Choate
Accession Year
1977
Object Number
1977.23
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. 92-93, cat. 34
  • Eva Sander, "A Comparative Study of Northern Dark-Glazed Stoneware Bowls from the Song Dynasty" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, August 1987), Unpublished, pp. 1-14 passim

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2600 East Asian, Japanese, Chinese and Korean, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/29/2021 - 07/17/2022

Verification Level

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