2009.101: Small Pear-Shaped Vase with Ribbed Walls and Mock-Ring Handles
Vessels
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2009.101
- Title
- Small Pear-Shaped Vase with Ribbed Walls and Mock-Ring Handles
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- 13th century
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, China, Zhejiang Province, Longquan
- Period
- Southern Song period (1127-1279) to Yuan dynasty (1279-1368)
- Culture
- Chinese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/333621
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Longquan celadon ware; molded light gray stoneware with applique handles and celadon glaze. From the kilns at Longquan, Zhejiang province.
- Dimensions
- H. 16.5 cm (6 1/2 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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Gerhard Mennen Williams (1911-1988) acquired object in the Philippines while serving as U.S. Ambassador in 1968-1969.
Collection of G. Mennem Williams, Gross Pointe Farms, MI (1968/69-1988)
Collection of Mrs. G. Mennem Williams (1988-2000)
J.J. Lally & Co., New York (2000-2009)
Mrs. Arthur K. Solomon, Cambridge MA (2009), purchased from J.J. Lally & Co. (2009)
Gift to Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard Art Museum (2009)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Mariot Fraser Solomon
- Accession Year
- 2009
- Object Number
- 2009.101
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Molded with six bracket-lobes rising from the high ring foot to the wide mouth with flared rim also molded with six bracket-lobes around the lip, the straight neck applied with a pair of mock ring handles, covered with a lustrous pale green glaze continuing over the concave rounded base, the flat knife-pared foot rim left unglazed and the exposed stoneware burnt reddish brown at the margins.
Exhibition History
Verification Level
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