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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2003.102
Title
Ewer with Dished Mouth, Double-Strand Handle, and Segmented Arching Spout
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
10th-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/101784

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Northern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze
Dimensions
23.5 x 12.9 cm (9 1/4 x 5 1/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Peter W. Scheinman purchased from Luen Chai Curios, Hong Kong

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
2003
Object Number
2003.102
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Frances Klapthor, "Chinese Ceramics from the Collection of Peter and Irene Scheinman", Orientations, Orientations Magazine Ltd. (Hong Kong, 1992), vol. 23, no. 9, pp. 53-60, fig. 16
  • Jason C. Kuo, Born of Earth and Fire: Chinese Ceramics from the Scheinman Collection, exh. cat., ed. Jason C. Kuo, Baltimore Museum of Art (College Park, MD, 1992), p. 75, no. 53
  • 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. 128-129, no. 28

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