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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1940.204
Title
Circular Bowl with Decoration of Scholar Wang Xizhi Seated under a Willow Tree, Gazing at Geese (one of a pair of cups)
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
probably 18th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen
Period
Qing dynasty, 1644-1911
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/204719

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Enameled blue-and-white ware, "doucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with spurious underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Ming Chenghua nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
Dimensions
H. 5.3 x Diam. 12 cm (2 1/16 x 4 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: spurious: Da Ming Chenghua nian zhi

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Samuel C. Davis
Accession Year
1940
Object Number
1940.204
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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