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A pale green bowl with cracks in the glaze throughout.

A curved, pale green bowl shown from above on a faded white background. The small foot is bare and the lip is faded from thinned glaze. The glaze is cracked throughout.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2015.30
Title
Large Circular Bowl
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
10th-13th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China, Henan province
Period
Northern Song (960-1127) to Jin (1115-1234) period
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/6797

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Green Jun ware: light gray stoneware with crazed celadon glaze
Technique
Jun
Dimensions
max.: H. 9.7 × Diam. 22.1 cm (3 13/16 × 8 11/16 in.)
foot: Diam. 6.5 cm (2 9/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Warren E. Cox, New York (1950s)]. Ralph C Marcove, New York (1972-2001), 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
2015.30
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
With flaring, slightly rounded walls, this otherwise unembellished bowl is covered with a thick green glaze infused with crackles that thins at the bowl's rim and stops just at the edge of the foot. The underside reveals a short, circular footring with the same crackled green glaze on the interior. Remnants of spurs, which would have raised the vessel slightly during firing and prevented it from fusing to kiln furniture, remain adhered to the foot.

Subjects and Contexts

  • Jun Ware

Verification Level

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