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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1940.218
Title
Octagonal Broad-Shouldered Jar with Decoration of Ascending and Descending Phoenixes amid Flowers
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
Longqing period, 1567-1572
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen
Period
Ming dynasty, 1368-1644
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/204722

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Enameled blue-and-white ware, "wucai" type: porcelain with decoraiton painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Longqing nian zao" within a double circle on the base
Dimensions
25.4 x 22.1 cm (10 x 8 11/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Samuel C. Davis
Accession Year
1940
Object Number
1940.218
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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