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A small pale teal bowl with spots of purple glaze.

A small pale teal colored bowl shown on a faded background from the side. It has spots of purple glaze on the outside and inside. It has curved walls and a small foot. The lip is faded from thinned glaze.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1942.185.65
Title
Small Circular Wine Bowl with Purple Splashes
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
12th-13th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China, Henan province
Period
Jin dynasty, 1115-1234
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/205357

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Splashed Jun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze enlivened with purple suffusions from copper filings
Technique
Jun
Dimensions
max.: H. 4.2 × Diam. 8.7 cm (1 5/8 × 3 7/16 in.)
mouth: Diam. 8.5 cm (3 3/8 in.)
foot: Diam. 3.2 cm (1 1/4 in.)

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
1942.185.65
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. 25, no. 8

Exhibition History

Subjects and Contexts

  • Jun Ware

Verification Level

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