Harvard Art Museums > 1940.271: Small Circular Bowl with Lightly Flaring Lip and Decoration of a Fruiting Tree on the Interior and Alternating Fruiting and Flowering Branches on the Exterior Vessels Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Small Circular Bowl with Lightly Flaring Lip and Decoration of a Fruiting Tree on the Interior and Alternating Fruiting and Flowering Branches on the Exterior , 1940.271,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 24, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/205896. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1940.271 Title Small Circular Bowl with Lightly Flaring Lip and Decoration of a Fruiting Tree on the Interior and Alternating Fruiting and Flowering Branches on the Exterior Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date probably 18th century Places Creation Place: East Asia, China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen Period Qing dynasty, 1644-1911 Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/205896 Physical Descriptions Medium Enameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze yellow enamel; with spurious underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Ming Hongzhi nian zhi" within a double circle on the base Dimensions H. 3.8 x Diam. 9.9 cm (1 1/2 x 3 7/8 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: spurious: Da Ming Hongzhi nian zhi Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Samuel C. Davis Accession Year 1940 Object Number 1940.271 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. 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. 27 (not illustrated) Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
