Harvard Art Museums > 2006.170.269: Small globular tripod censer Vessels Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Small globular tripod censer , 2006.170.269,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 20, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/189158. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2006.170.269 Title Small globular tripod censer Other Titles Original Language Title: 唐 三彩三足爐 Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date first half 8th century Places Creation Place: East Asia, China Period Tang dynasty, 618-907 Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/189158 Location Location Level 1, Room 1600, Early Chinese Art, Arts of Ancient China from the Bronze Age to the Golden Age View this object's location on our interactive map Physical Descriptions Medium Earthenware with three-color (sancai) lead glaze Technique Lead glaze Dimensions H. 7.7 x Diam. 10.4 cm (3 1/16 x 4 1/8 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History [Kaikodo, New York, October 1999] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (1999-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Partial gift of the Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation and partial purchase through the Alpheus Hyatt Purchasing Fund Accession Year 2006 Object Number 2006.170.269 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. Descriptions Description Small tripod incense burner with globular body, three clawed cabriole legs, and cabochon jewel decoration around the shoulders; pinkish white earthenware with lead-fluxed cobalt-blue, copper-green, and clear glazes over a white slip ground and applique decoration on the exterior, and with lead-fluxed pale yellow glaze on the interior; underside of vessel and feet unglazed. Sancai ware. From northern China, Henan, Hebei, or Shaanxi province. Commentary Compare to: (1) Sancai earthenware censer of similar form attributed to the Tang dynasty excavated in 1977 from Xitiangezhuang, Miyun county, Beijing, now in the Capital Museum, Beijing. See Zhongguo chutu ciqi quanji [Complete Collection of Chinese Ceramics Unearthed in China], vol. 1: Beijing (Beijing: Kexue chubanshe, 2008), no. 8. (2) Sancai earthenware censer of similar form and with applique decoration excavated from the Huangye kilns at Gongyi, Henan province, now in the Henan Museum. See Zhongguo meishu quanji [The Complete Works of Chinese Art], vol. 34: Taociqi yi [Ceramics, part 1] (Hefei: Huangshan shushe, 2010), p. 169 (top). Publication History Kaikodo Journal, Vol. 12 (Autumn 1999), auct. cat., Kaikodo (New York, 1999), no. 50, pp. 200-201 Exhibition History 32Q: 1600 Early China II, Harvard Art Museums, 11/16/2014 - 01/01/2050 Subjects and Contexts Google Art Project Sedgwick Collection Verification Level This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or 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
