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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1942.185.36
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/205695

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Numbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 1 (yi) inscribed on base before firing
Technique
Jun
Dimensions
max.: H. 25.8 × body Diam. 26.8 cm (10 3/16 × 10 9/16 in.)
mouth: Diam. 26.5 cm (10 7/16 in.)
base: Diam. 16.2 cm (6 3/8 in.)
weight: > 4000 g
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: incised on base before firing: 一 yi (one)
  • label: affixed to base, remnant of a paper label with Chinese characters: 廿二号 (number 22)
  • label: affixed to base: rectangular sticker with handwritten notation: Wils. 34.

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
1942.185.36
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), pp. 260-261, no. 174

Exhibition History

Subjects and Contexts

  • Jun Ware

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Verification Level

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