A square-shaped ceramic vessel with tall, straight walls. The top lip is flat and the feet are very small. It is colored purple on the outside and bright blue on the inside.
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A square-shaped ceramic vessel standing upright on a grey background. It is colored a mottled purple on the outside and bright blue on the inside. The brown stoneware underneath shows through the blue glaze. It has tall, straight walls that slightly lean outward at the top . The top lip is flat and has tan lines along the edges from thinned glaze. The feet are very small and are purple from dripped glaze.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1942.185.27
Title
Rectangular Flowerpot with Four Small Feet
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/205693

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Numbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 10 (shi) inscribed on base before firing; "Yangxin dian Dongnuan ge louxia yong" (Hall of Mental Cultivation, used in the East Heated Chamber, main floor) inscription incised on base at a later date
Technique
Jun
Dimensions
max.: H. 15 × W. 20.5 × D. 16 cm (5 7/8 × 8 1/16 × 6 5/16 in.)
base: W. 12.7 × D. 9.8 cm (5 × 3 7/8 in.)
weight: 1847.8 g
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: inscribed on base before firing: 十 shi (ten)
  • inscription: incised into glazed base at a later date:
    養心殿 東暖閣楼下用 Yangxin dian Dongnuan ge louxia yong (Hall of Mental Cultivation, used in the East Heated Chamber, main floor)

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
1942.185.27
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • George J. Lee, "Numbered Chün Ware", Transactions of the Oriental Ceramic Society, Oriental Ceramics Society (London, 1945-1946), Vol. 21, pp. 53-63, n.p., plate 18b and 18c [details of glaze]
  • Rose Kerr, Dazzling Official Jun Wares: From Museums and Collections Around the World, ACC Art Books (Hong Kong, 2021), p. 123, no. 78

Exhibition History

Subjects and Contexts

  • Jun Ware

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Verification Level

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