1942.185.60.A: Perfumer or Incense Burner Cut Down from a Zhadou-Shaped Flowerpot
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1942.185.60.A
- Title
- Perfumer or Incense Burner Cut Down from a Zhadou-Shaped Flowerpot
- 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/205350
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Numbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated dark purple and blue glaze with metal fitting at the mouth; originally a 'zhadou'-shaped flower pot with the Chinese numeral 10 (shi) impressed into the base before firing
- Technique
- Jun
- Dimensions
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max.: H. 8.9 × Diam. 14.9 cm (3 1/2 × 5 7/8 in.)
base: Diam. 8.9 cm (3 1/2 in.)
weight: 863.2 g - Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: incised on base before firing: 十 shi (ten)
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
- 1942.185.60.A
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Exhibition History
Subjects and Contexts
- Jun Ware
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Verification Level
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