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A low, wide blue and purple ceramic basin with small pointed feet and a wide band along the top lip with small circles along it.

A low, wide ceramic basin shown from its side on a white faded background. It is colored blue and fades to purple along its bottom. It has four small, pointed feet with small swirls on them. There is a wide band along the top lip with small circles that are widely spaced out. The edges of the lip and the circles are tan from thinned glaze.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1942.185.42
Title
Circular Basin with Drum-Nail Decor and Three Cloud Scroll 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/205716

Location

Location
Level 2, Room 2600, East Asian Art, East Asian Painting and Decorative Arts
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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. 9.2 × Diam. 24.1 cm (3 5/8 × 9 1/2 in.)
base: Diam. 17.5 cm (6 7/8 in.)
weight: 1653.2 g
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: incised on base before firing: 一 yi (one)

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
1942.185.42
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Carol Warner, "Black Ware Bowls of the Northern Song Period Glaze Analysis" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 1992), Unpublished, pp. 1-13 passim
  • Rose Kerr, Dazzling Official Jun Wares: From Museums and Collections Around the World, ACC Art Books (Hong Kong, 2021), pp. 228-229, no. 149

Exhibition History

Subjects and Contexts

  • Jun Ware

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Verification Level

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