1911.8: Moon Flask with Decoration of the Eight Buddhist Treasures (Babao) within Stylized Lotus Petals
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1911.8
- Title
- Moon Flask with Decoration of the Eight Buddhist Treasures (Babao) within Stylized Lotus Petals
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- Qianlong period, 1736-1795
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen
- Period
- Qing dynasty, 1644-1911
- Culture
- Chinese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/310899
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration in underglaze cobalt blue; with underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Qing Qianlong nian zhi" in seal-script characters on the base
- Technique
- Blue-and-white ware
- Dimensions
- H. 49.6 x W. 36.0 x D. 22.2 cm (19 1/2 x 14 3/16 x 8 3/4 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- maker's mark: six-character underglaze blue mark on the base in seal-script, "Da Qing Qianlong nian zhi"
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Mrs. W. Wheeler Smith, New York (by 1911), gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1911.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Mrs. W. Wheeler Smith
- Accession Year
- 1911
- Object Number
- 1911.8
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- A Chinese blue-and-white porcelain moon flask of the Qianlong period (1736-95) in Ming style; of circular form with tall neck and double scroll handles, the front and back with a central boss bearing a stylized floral motif, surrounded by eight stylized lotus-petal cartouches bearing the eight Buddhist emblems, all within a key-fret border; the sides with a band of scrolling lotuses; seal mark in underglaze blue; carved wood stand.
Exhibition History
- 32Q: 2460 East Arcade, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 04/20/2016
- Earthly Delights: 6,000 Years of Asian Ceramics, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/21/2022 - 08/14/2022
Subjects and Contexts
- Google Art Project
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