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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1946.34
Title
Kiln Waster: Jian-Ware Tea Bowl Fused to the Interior of a Saggar
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
12th-13th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China, Fujian Province, Jianyang
Period
Song dynasty, 960-1279
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/203792

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Jian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in iron oxide; the saggar made of coarse reddish buff firing clay. Probably from the kilns at Shuiji, Jianyang county, Fujian province
Dimensions
H. 12.8 x Diam. 18.9 cm (5 1/16 x 7 7/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Museum Purchase, R.A.R.B. Fund
Accession Year
1946
Object Number
1946.34
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Henry Trubner, Chinese Ceramics, from the prehistoric period through Ch'ien Lung: a loan exhibition from collections in America and Japan, exh. cat., Los Angeles County Museum (Los Angeles, CA, 1952), p. 84, no. 193-3

Exhibition History

Verification Level

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