1940.230.A-B: Octagonal Covered Jar with Decoration of Dragons, Clouds, and Waves
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1940.230.A-B
- Title
- Octagonal Covered Jar with Decoration of Dragons, Clouds, and Waves
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- 19th-early 20th century
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
- Period
- Meiji era, 1868-1912
- Culture
- Japanese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/204698
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Imitation Wanli, "wucai" type ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with spurious underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Wanli nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
- Dimensions
- H. 12.4 x Diam. 15.2 cm (4 7/8 x 6 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Samuel C. Davis
- Accession Year
- 1940
- Object Number
- 1940.230.A-B
- 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. 38 (not illustrated)
Verification Level
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