Add to Collection

Add this item to an existing or new collection.
Harvard Art Museums
Incorrect Username, Email, or Password
This object does not yet have a description.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2004.118
Title
Small Bowl with Flaring Lip and Partridge-Feather Mottles
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
late 11th-first half 12th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China, Hebei province
Period
Northern Song (960-1127) to Jin (1115-1234) period
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/70508

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Northern black ware of Cizhou type: off-white stoneware with dark brown glaze, the interior with russet markings in iron oxide, the exterior with russet skin. Probably from the Cizhou kilns at Guantai, Cixian, Hebei province.
Dimensions
H. 4.6 × Diam. 12.6 cm (1 13/16 × 4 15/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Peter W. Scheinman purchased from dealer Sydney L. Moss, London

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
2004.118
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
Permissions

The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request.

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. 142-144, no. 38b

Verification Level

This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu