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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1940.225
Title
Circular Bowl with Lightly Flaring Lip and Decoration of Blossoming Plum Branches and Birds
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
probably 19th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Meiji era, 1868-1912
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/204516

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue, with relief plub blossoms touched on in white slip and embellished with pale celadon glaze, the background with overglaze yellow enamel; with spurious mark underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Ming Xuande nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
Dimensions
H. 8.6 x Diam. 22.6 cm (3 3/8 x 8 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: spurious: Da Ming Xuande nian zhi

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Samuel C. Davis
Accession Year
1940
Object Number
1940.225
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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