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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1940.281
Title
Cylindrical Brush Handle with Decoration of a Dragon Pursuing a Flaming Jewel above Mountains and Waves
Classification
Artists' Tools
Work Type
brush handle
Date
Wanli period, 1573-1620
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen
Period
Ming dynasty, 1368-1644
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/205597

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Enameled blue-and-white ware, "wucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Wanli nian zhi" within double bowstring lines at the end of the handle
Dimensions
L. 15.9 x Diam. 1.3 cm (6 1/4 x 1/2 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Samuel C. Davis
Accession Year
1940
Object Number
1940.281
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Fogg Art Museum, The Use of Blue on Chinese Porcelain of the Ming Dynasty 1368-1644, exh. cat., Harvard University Press (Cambridge, Mass., Spring 1947), no. 36 (not illustrated)

Exhibition History

  • Transformations: Asia East and West, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 12/19/1992 - 02/14/1993

Verification Level

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