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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1940.241
Title
Small Bowl with Decoration of Two Boys on the Interior and a Stylized Lotus Arabesque on the Exterior
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
mid 16th-early 17th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Ming dynasty, 1368-1644
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/205906

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Porcelain with interior decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and with gold enamel painted on a red enamel ground added to the exterior at a later date; with spurious underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Yongle nian zhi" within a single circle on the base.
Technique
Enamelled
Dimensions
H. 5.7 x Diam. 12.4 cm (2 1/4 x 4 7/8 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Samuel C. Davis
Accession Year
1940
Object Number
1940.241
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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