- Identification and Creation
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- Object Number
- 1942.185.28
- 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/205768
- Physical Descriptions
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- 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
- 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: 1736.9 g - Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: incised on base before firing: 十 shi (ten)
- Acquisition and Rights
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- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane
- Accession Year
- 1942
- Object Number
- 1942.185.28
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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- Publication History
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Rose Kerr, Dazzling Official Jun Wares: From Museums and Collections Around the World, ACC Art Books (Hong Kong, 2021), pp. 124-125, no. 79
- Subjects and Contexts
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Jun Ware
- Related Works
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