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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1940.248
Title
Wide-Shouldered Jar with Decoration of Two Dragons, Each Pursuing a Flaming Jewel and Striding over Mountains and Water
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
late 16th-early 17th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen
Period
Ming dynasty, 1368-1644
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/205852

Location

Location
Level 2, Room 2710, North Arcade
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Physical Descriptions

Medium
Enameled blue-and-white ware, "wucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels
Dimensions
H. 11.7 x Diam. 13 cm (4 5/8 x 5 1/8 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Samuel C. Davis
Accession Year
1940
Object Number
1940.248
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Fogg Art Museum, The Use of Blue on Chinese Porcelain of the Ming Dynasty 1368-1644, exh. cat., Harvard University Press (Cambridge, Mass., Spring 1947), no. 40 (not illustrated)
  • Hugo Munsterberg, Dragons in Chinese Art, exh. cat., China House Gallery (New York, 1971), p. 46, no. 44

Exhibition History

Verification Level

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