1950.156: Rectangular Pillow with Decoration of a Mountain Village and Fishermen in Boats
Furnishings
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1950.156
- Title
- Rectangular Pillow with Decoration of a Mountain Village and Fishermen in Boats
- Classification
- Furnishings
- Work Type
- headrest
- Date
- 14th century
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, China
- Period
- Yuan dynasty, 1279-1368
- Culture
- Chinese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/203476
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Painted Cizhou ware: light gray stoneware with decoration painted in iron-brown slip on a white slip ground under a clear glaze; with stamped inscription reading "Gu Xiang Zhang Jia Zao"
- Dimensions
- L. 30.48 cm (12 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of C. Adrian Rübel
- Accession Year
- 1950
- Object Number
- 1950.156
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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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. 146-147, cat. 61
- Kristin A. Mortimer and William G. Klingelhofer, Harvard University Art Museums: A Guide to the Collections, Harvard University Art Museums and Abbeville Press (Cambridge and New York, 1986), no. 39, p. 40
Verification Level
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