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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1942.185.37
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/205771

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Numbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 3 (san) inscribed on base before firing
Technique
Jun
Dimensions
max.: H. 22.3 × mouth Diam. 23.8 cm (8 3/4 × 9 3/8 in.)
body: Diam. 23.3 cm (9 3/16 in.)
base: Diam. 13.5 cm (5 5/16 in.)
weight: 3388.2 g
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: inscribed (probably incised) on base before firing: 三 san (three)

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
1942.185.37
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Henry Trubner, Chinese Ceramics, from the prehistoric period through Ch'ien Lung: a loan exhibition from collections in America and Japan, exh. cat., Los Angeles County Museum (Los Angeles, CA, 1952), p. 71, no. 125
  • Rose Kerr, Dazzling Official Jun Wares: From Museums and Collections Around the World, ACC Art Books (Hong Kong, 2021), pp. 264-265, no. 177

Exhibition History

Subjects and Contexts

  • Jun Ware

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Verification Level

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