2004.119: Tea Bowl with Indented Lip and Decoration of a Dragon Pursuing a Flaming Jewel and with the Character 'Fu' (Meaning Good Fortune) in the Center of the Floor
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2004.119
- Title
- Tea Bowl with Indented Lip and Decoration of a Dragon Pursuing a Flaming Jewel and with the Character 'Fu' (Meaning Good Fortune) in the Center of the Floor
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- 13th-early 14th century
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, China, Fujian Province, Jianyang
- Period
- Southern Song period (1127-1279) to Yuan dynasty (1279-1368)
- Culture
- Chinese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/64558
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Jian ware: medium gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the decoration painted in overglaze gold. Perhaps from the kilns at Shuiji, Jianyang county, Fujian province.
- Dimensions
- 6.2 x 12.6 cm (2 7/16 x 4 15/16 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Peter W. Scheinman purchased from Luen Chai Curios, Hong Kong
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Partial gift of Peter W. Scheinman and partial purchase through the Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane Fund for Asian Art
- Accession Year
- 2004
- Object Number
- 2004.119
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Robert D. Mowry, Hare's Fur, Tortoiseshell, and Partridge Feathers: Chinese brown- and black-glazed ceramics, 400-1400, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1996), pp. 224-225, no. 86
Verification Level
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