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A magenta stoneware vessel with high walls, a flat jutted out lip, and indented lines along the outside. The small feet are cut-out in a slightly swirling shape.

A magenta stoneware vessel that stands upright on a grey background. It has high walls that slightly flare outward, a flat jutted out lip, and widely-spaced indented lines along the outside. The small feet are cut-out in a slightly swirling shape. The edges of the lip and lines are brown from thinned glaze.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1942.185.56.1
Title
Lobed Quatrefoil Flowerpot with Four 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/205772

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Numbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated magenta and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 1 (yi) inscribed on base before firing; "Chonghua gong Sui'an shi yong"(Palace of Double Glory, used in the Room of Ease and Contentment) inscription incised on base at a later date
Technique
Jun
Dimensions
max.: H. 16.5 × W. 26.5 × D. 21.5 cm (6 1/2 × 10 7/16 × 8 7/16 in.)
base: W. 17 × D. 12.3 cm (6 11/16 × 4 13/16 in.)
with basin: H. 20 cm (7 7/8 in.)
weight: 1729 g
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: incised on base before firing: 一 yi (one)
  • inscription: incised on glazed base at a later date: 重華宫 隨安室用 Chonghua gong Sui'an shi yong (Palace of Double Glory, used in the Room of Ease and Contentment)

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
1942.185.56.1
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • George J. Lee, "Numbered Chün Ware", Transactions of the Oriental Ceramic Society, Oriental Ceramics Society (London, 1945-1946), Vol. 21, pp. 53-63, n.p., plate 17 (top)
  • Kristin A. Mortimer and William G. Klingelhofer, Harvard University Art Museums: A Guide to the Collections, Harvard University Art Museums and Abbeville Press (Cambridge and New York, 1986), no. 41, p. 42
  • Rose Kerr, Dazzling Official Jun Wares: From Museums and Collections Around the World, ACC Art Books (Hong Kong, 2021), p. 96, no. 59

Exhibition History

Subjects and Contexts

  • Jun Ware

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