1940.248: Wide-Shouldered Jar with Decoration of Two Dragons, Each Pursuing a Flaming Jewel and Striding over Mountains and Water

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

Permissions

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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

• 32Q: 2710 North Arcade, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/25/2023 - 01/01/2050
• Earthly Delights: 6,000 Years of Asian Ceramics, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/21/2022 - 08/14/2022

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