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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1942.185.39
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/205352

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 × mouth Diam. 20.7 cm (7 1/2 × 8 1/8 in.)
body: Diam. 20 cm (7 7/8 in.)
base: Diam. 12.7 cm (5 in.)
weight: 2265.9 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
1942.185.39
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Rose Kerr, Dazzling Official Jun Wares: From Museums and Collections Around the World, ACC Art Books (Hong Kong, 2021), p. 271, no. 181

Subjects and Contexts

  • Jun Ware

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Verification Level

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