Harvard Art Museums > 1942.185.40: Zhadou-Shaped Flowerpot with Globular Body and Flaring Mouth Vessels Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Zhadou-Shaped Flowerpot with Globular Body and Flaring Mouth , 1942.185.40,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 21, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/205345. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1942.185.40 Title Zhadou-Shaped Flowerpot with Globular Body and Flaring Mouth Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date probably 15th century Places Creation Place: East Asia, China, Henan province Period Ming dynasty, 1368-1644 Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/205345 Physical Descriptions Medium Numbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 5 (wu) inscribed inside the footring before firing and incised on the base after firing Technique Jun Dimensions max.: H. 19.5 × mouth Diam. 20.7 cm (7 11/16 × 8 1/8 in.) body: Diam. 19.7 cm (7 3/4 in.) base: Diam. 12.5 cm (4 15/16 in.) weight: 2094.8 g Inscriptions and Marks inscription: inscribed inside the footring before firing and incised into the glazed base after firing: 五 wu (five) Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane Accession Year 1942 Object Number 1942.185.40 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Rose Kerr, Dazzling Official Jun Wares: From Museums and Collections Around the World, ACC Art Books (Hong Kong, 2021), pp. 272-273, no. 182 Exhibition History Masterpieces of Far Eastern Ceramics, Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo Adorning the Inner Court: Jun Ware for the Chinese Palace, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/20/2017 - 08/13/2017 Subjects and Contexts Jun Ware Related Works Straus.8976 X-radiograph(s) of "Flowerpot with Compressed Globular Body and Flaring Mouth (Zhadou)" Photographs Verification Level This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
