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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
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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

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