1940.205: Large, Broad-Shouldered Jar with Decoration of Fish and Aquatic Plants
Vessels
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1940.205
- Title
- Large, Broad-Shouldered Jar with Decoration of Fish and Aquatic Plants
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- Jiajing period, 1522-1566
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, China
- Period
- Ming dynasty, 1368-1644
- Culture
- Chinese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/204508
Location
- Location
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Level 2, Room 2710, North Arcade
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Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Enameled blue-and-white ware, "wucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" on the base
- Technique
- Overglaze enamel
- Dimensions
- H. 23.5 x Diam. 24 cm (9 1/4 x 9 7/16 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Samuel C. Davis
- Accession Year
- 1940
- Object Number
- 1940.205
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Fogg Art Museum, The Use of Blue on Chinese Porcelain of the Ming Dynasty 1368-1644, exh. cat., Harvard University Press (Cambridge, Mass., Spring 1947), no. 39, cover image
- Jessica Chloros, "An Investigation of Cobalt Pigment on Islamic Ceramics at the Harvard Art Museums" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 2008), Unpublished, pp. 1-41 passim
Exhibition History
- 32Q: 2710 North Arcade, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/25/2023 - 01/01/2050
- Earthly Delights: 6,000 Years of Asian Ceramics, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/21/2022 - 08/14/2022
Verification Level
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