1954.122: Large Circular Offering Dish with Three Hoofed-Cabriole Legs and Stylized Lotus and Cloud Decor
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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
- Permissions
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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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