1942.185.25: Rectangular Flowerpot with Four Small Feet
VesselsA square-shaped ceramic vessel standing upright on a grey background. It is colored magenta on the outside and a 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.
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1942.185.25
- 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/205711
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Numbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated magenta and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 10 (shi) inscribed on base before firing
- Technique
- Jun
- Dimensions
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max.: H. 15.1 × W. 20.4 × D. 16.3 cm (5 15/16 × 8 1/16 × 6 7/16 in.)
base: W. 12.6 × D. 9.7 cm (4 15/16 × 3 13/16 in.)
weight: 2016.4 g - Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: incised on base before firing: 十 shi (ten)
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
- 1942.185.25
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Japan Society, Chinese, Corean and Japanese Potteries, exh. cat., Japan Society (New York, NY, 1914), pp. 82-83, no. 293
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Catalogue of the Inaugural Exhibition, exh. cat., Cleveland Museum of Art (Cleveland, OH, 1916), p. 188, no. 96-97
- Rose Kerr, Dazzling Official Jun Wares: From Museums and Collections Around the World, ACC Art Books (Hong Kong, 2021), pp. 120-121, no. 76
Subjects and Contexts
- Jun Ware
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Verification Level
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