1940.253: Vase in the Form of an Archaic Bronze "Zun" Beaker with Decoration of Flowers, Insects, and Rocks, and of Figures within a Landscape

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1940.253

Title

Vase in the Form of an Archaic Bronze "Zun" Beaker with Decoration of Flowers, Insects, and Rocks, and of Figures within a Landscape

Classification

Vessels

Work Type

vessel

Date

Wanli period, 1572-1620

Places

Creation Place: East Asia, China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen

Period

Ming dynasty, 1368-1644

Culture

Chinese

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/205966

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Enameled biscuit porcelain: molded biscuit porcelain with decoration painted in aubergine enamels against a yellow enamel ground; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Wanli nian zhi" within a double-circle on the base

Dimensions

H. 26 x Diam. 16.5 cm (10 1/4 x 6 1/2 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Samuel C. Davis

Accession Year

1940

Object Number

1940.253

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Henry Trubner, Chinese Ceramics, from the prehistoric period through Ch'ien Lung: a loan exhibition from collections in America and Japan, exh. cat., Los Angeles County Museum (Los Angeles, CA, 1952), p. 107, no. 314
• Suzanne G. Valenstein, Ming Porcelains: A Retrospective, exh. cat., China Institute in America (New York, 1970), p. 85, no. 57

Exhibition History

• Chinese Ceramics from the Prehistoric Period through Ch'ien Lung, Los Angeles County Museum of History, Science and Art, 03/14/1952 - 04/27/1952

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