2015.29: Circular Covered Box with Peony Décor
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2015.29
- Title
- Circular Covered Box with Peony Décor
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- 10th - early 11th century
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, China
- Period
- Five Dynasties period (907-960) to Northern Song period (960-1127)
- Culture
- Chinese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/6786
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Yue ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over molded, carved, and incised decoration
- Dimensions
- including lid: H. 5 x Diam. 12.1 cm (1 15/16 x 4 3/4 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- [Warren E. Cox, New York (1950s)]. [The Chinese Porecelain Company, New York, (by 1996)], sold; to Ralph C Marcove, New York (1996-2001) inherited; by Christina J. Marcove, New York (2001-2015), gift; to the Harvard Art Museums.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Christina Marcove and Laura Marcove Hoffman in honor of Robert D. Mowry
- Accession Year
- 2015
- Object Number
- 2015.29
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions
- Description
- The slightly domed cover of this circular box features a molded, carved, and incised design of a lush peony blossom supported by a slender, gently curving leafy stem. The composition is contained within a double-line circle, which is itself surrounded by a border sporting ten lightly incised decorative scroll motifs. The bottom section of the box is unembellished; the underside of the box reveals a countersunk foot. A grayish green glaze covers the entirety of the box, inside and out, with the exception of the circular rims where the two halves of the box meet and patches within the countersunk foot, where spurs were presumably placed in order to raise the vessel slightly during firing and prevent it from fusing to kiln furniture.
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