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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1954.122
Title
Large Circular Offering Dish with Three Hoofed-Cabriole Legs and Stylized Lotus and Cloud Decor
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
first half 8th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China, Henan province, Anyang
Period
Tang dynasty, 618-907
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/203715

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Sancai ("three-color") ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed cobalt-blue, emerald-green and caramel-brown glazes over stamped decoration on the interior and lead-fluxed caramel glaze on the exterior. Probably from kilns at Luoyang or Gongxian, Henan province.
Dimensions
H. 6.1 × Diam. 29.3 cm (2 3/8 × 11 9/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Dr. Arnold Knapp
Accession Year
1954
Object Number
1954.122
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Max Loehr, Chinese Art: Symbols and Images, exh. cat., Jewett Arts Center (Wellesley, 1967), pp. 29-30, no. 15
  • Max Loehr, "Aesthetic Delight: An Anthology of Far Eastern Art", Apollo (New Series), Apollo Publications Inc. (London, England, May 1978), vol. CVII, no. 195, pp. 414-421, p. 417, Pl. VII
  • 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. 37, p. 39

Verification Level

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