Harvard Art Museums > 2006.170.264: Jar with cobalt-blue splashes 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"Jar with cobalt-blue splashes , 2006.170.264,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 17, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/196997. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2006.170.264 Title Jar with cobalt-blue splashes Other Titles Original Language Title: 唐 三彩藍斑罐 Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date first half 8th century Places Creation Place: East Asia, China, Henan province Period Tang dynasty, 618-907 Culture Spanish? Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/196997 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 White earthenware with leadfluxed, cobaltsplashed glaze Technique Lead glaze Dimensions H. 18.1 x Diam. 21 cm (7 1/8 x 8 1/4 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History [Berwald Oriental Art, London, August 1998] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (1998-2006), 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 Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane Fund for Asian Art Accession Year 2006 Object Number 2006.170.264 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 Ovoid jar with everted rim, short neck, broad shoulders, sides tapering inward toward a flat circular base, and decoration of blue streaks against a white ground; pinkish white earthenware with clear lead-fluxed glaze splashed with cobalt blue glaze on the exterior and the rim; yellowish glaze on the interior; glaze stops short of the foot, base unglazed. Cobalt-splashed sancai ware. From northern China, probably Henan province. Note: A sample taken from the base of this vessel was thermoluminescence (TL) tested at Oxford Authentication Ltd. in December 1997 and determined to be consistent with the suggested period of manufacture. Commentary Compare to: 1) Covered jar of similar form with cobalt-blue splashes excavated in 1975 from a Tang dynasty site in Yangzhou, Jiangsu province. See Wenwu [Cultural Relics] 9 (1977): 99, pl. 5.2. (2) Covered jar of similar form with cobalt-blue splashes attributed to the Tang dynasty in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston collection (accession no. 50.1929). (3) Jar of closely related form with cobalt-blue splashes attributed to the Tang dynasty in the Art Institute of Chicago collection (accession no. 1926.1590). Publication History Jessica Chloros, "An Investigation of Cobalt Pigment on Islamic Ceramics at the Harvard Art Museums" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 2008), Unpublished, pp. 1-41 passim Exhibition History Re-View: Arts of India & the Islamic Lands, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 04/26/2008 - 06/01/2013 32Q: 1600 Early China II, Harvard Art Museums, 11/16/2014 - 01/01/2050 Subjects and Contexts Google Art Project Sedgwick Collection Collection Highlights Related Media 3D Model: Ovoid Jar with Short, Flaring Neck and Blue-Splashed Glaze 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
