Harvard Art Museums > 2006.170.268.A-B: Lobed covered box Boxes Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Lobed covered box , 2006.170.268.A-B,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 19, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/143354. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2006.170.268.A-B Title Lobed covered box Other Titles Original Language Title: 唐 三彩盒 Classification Boxes Work Type box Date 9th-10th century Places Creation Place: East Asia, China Period Tang dynasty (618-907) to Five Dynasties period (907-960) Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/143354 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 green splashed lead glaze Technique Lead glaze Dimensions H. 6.5 x Diam. 6.8 cm (2 9/16 x 2 11/16 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History [J. J. Lally & Co., New York, 2002] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (2002-2006), 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 2006.170.268.A-B 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 Silver-form, lobed box and cover with indented sides, the box supported on a splayed foot, the domed cover with stylized floral decor raised in thread-relief and lightly embellished with splashes of green; white earthenware with lead-fluxed copper-green splashed glaze over molded decoration; with Chinese ideograph of the surname Zhao (趙) raised in thread-relief on the base. Copper-splashed sancai ware. From northern China, Henan, Hebei, or Shaanxi province. Commentary Compare to: White ware box with green splashes of similar lobed form attributed to the Tang dynasty in the collection of the Hunan Provincial Museum. See Zhongguo taoci quanji [The Complete Works of Chinese Ceramics], vol. 5: Sui, Tang [Sui and Tang dynasties] (Shanghai: Shanghai renmin meishu chubanshe, 2000), no. 221, pp. 205 and 288. Exhibition History 32Q: 1600 Early China II, Harvard Art Museums, 11/16/2014 - 01/01/2050 Subjects and Contexts Sedgwick Collection 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
