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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2002.51.A-B
Title
Circular Covered Box, the Domed Cover with Decoration of a Branch of Blossoming Plum under a Crescent Moon
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
13th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China, Jiangxi province
Period
Southern Song period (1127-1279) to Yuan dynasty (1279-1368)
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/141855

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Jizhou or Jizhou-type ware: white stoneware with clear glaze, the decoration incised and carved through the glaze before firing. Probably from the Jizhou kilns at Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province; possibly from the Linchuan kilns at Linchuan, Jiangxi province
Dimensions
6.3 x 12.2 cm (2 1/2 x 4 13/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of David Berg, Esq., by exchange
Accession Year
2002
Object Number
2002.51.A-B
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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