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A circular dish shown from above. It is flat and colored pale blue with a thin, tan rim.

A circular dish shown from above on a grey background. It is colored pale blue with light reflecting off of the glaze. It is flat with a thin, tan rim.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1942.185.75
Title
Circular Flat Dish
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
12th-early 13th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China, Henan province
Period
Jin dynasty, 1115-1234
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/205776

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Jun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze
Technique
Jun
Dimensions
H. 2.9 x Diam. 15.6 cm (1 1/8 x 6 1/8 in.)

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
1942.185.75
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Sara Moy, "Why Are They Blue?: A Technical Analysis of Chinese Green and Blue Glazed Celadons" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 2001), Unpublished, pp. 1-48 passim

Exhibition History

  • Masterworks of East Asian Painting, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 11/03/1995 - 06/09/1996
  • 32Q: 2600 East Asian, Japanese, Chinese and Korean, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 12/01/2016 - 06/09/2017

Subjects and Contexts

  • Jun Ware

Verification Level

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