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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1942.135
Title
Kiln Waster: Tea Bowl with Indented Lip and Hare's Fur Markings and with Small Adhesions of a Saggar on the Exterior
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
12th cent. - 13th cent.
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China, Fujian Province, Jianyang
Period
Song dynasty, 960-1279
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/205779

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Jian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in iron oxide. Recovered from the kilns at Shuiji, Jianyang county, Fujian province
Dimensions
H. 6.3 x W. 12.8 x D. 12 cm (2 1/2 x 5 1/16 x 4 3/4 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of James M. Plumer
Accession Year
1942
Object Number
1942.135
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Valentine Talland, "Technical Examination of Southern Chinese Chien Ware and Japanese Copies in the Harvard University Art Museums Collection" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 1988), Unpublished, pp. 1-21 passim

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