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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1950.83.84.A-B
Title
Covered Ovoid Jar (So-Called Ginger Jar) with Decoration of Blossoming Plum Branches against a "Shattered Ice" Ground
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
possibly late 17th-early 18th Century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen
Period
Qing dynasty, 1644-1911
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/203890

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration reserved against a cobalt-blue ground; with underglaze cobalt-blue double circle on the base
Technique
Blue-and-white ware
Dimensions
H. 23.7 cm (9 5/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Helen Pratt Dane
Accession Year
1950
Object Number
1950.83.84.A-B
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

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