Harvard Art Museums > 2010.457: Small Jar with Three Loop Handles and Ascending Lotus-Petal Decor 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 Jar with Three Loop Handles and Ascending Lotus-Petal Decor , 2010.457,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 18, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/315459. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2010.457 Title Small Jar with Three Loop Handles and Ascending Lotus-Petal Decor Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date late 10th-11th century Places Creation Place: East Asia, China Period Song dynasty, Northern Song period, 960-1127 Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/315459 Physical Descriptions Medium Perhaps Yaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over carved decoration. Perhaps from the Yaozhou kilns, Tongchuan, Shaanxi province. Dimensions H. 10.1 x Diam. 8.8 cm (4 x 3 7/16 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Edmund Lin (1928-2006; Professor, Harvard Medical School), Boston; by bequest to the Harvard Art Museum Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Edmund Chi Chien Lin Accession Year 2010 Object Number 2010.457 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. Descriptions Description The walls of this small, ovoid jar rise at a steep angle from the circular footring, expanding to the widest point at the shoulder, where they angle inward to form the virtually flat shoulder; a short, circular neck echoes the short, vertical footring. Three equally spaced, loop rings enliven the shoulder, overlapping shoulder and neck. The body of the jar is decorated with carved lotus petals that rise from the top of the footring to the angle where the shoulder turns inward; the jar's shoulder is embellished with carved lotus petals that descend from the base of the neck to the angle where the shoulder turns inward. The rising lotus petals on the jar's body are large and somewhat attenuated; the descending lotus petals on the shoulder are short and somewhat stubby. In both instances, the lotus petals are arranged in two rows, an outer and an inner row; the petals in the outer row mostly conceal those in the inner row. The neck and footring are undecorated. A pale, olive-hued, celadon glaze coats the exterior of the vessel, except for the flat base and the bottom and inside of the footring, which are unglazed. The decoration is exceptionally well carved. Verification Level This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or 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
