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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1942.185.59.A
Title
Incense Burner Cut Down from a Zun-Shaped Flower Vase with Flanges
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/205773

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Numbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; metal fitting on rim
Technique
Jun
Dimensions
max.: H. 10.6 × Diam. 15.2 cm (4 3/16 × 6 in.)
base: Diam. 10.1 cm (4 in.)
weight: 1605.2 g

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
1942.185.59.A
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Japan Society, Chinese, Corean and Japanese Potteries, exh. cat., Japan Society (New York, NY, 1914), p. 82, no. 292
  • Cleveland Museum of Art, Catalogue of the Inaugural Exhibition, exh. cat., Cleveland Museum of Art (Cleveland, OH, 1916), p. 189, no. 98

Subjects and Contexts

  • Jun Ware

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