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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2006.253
Title
Ovoid Wide-Mouthed Jar with Two Loop Handles and Diagonal Ribs
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
probably second half 11th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Song dynasty, Northern Song period, 960-1127
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/160276

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Northern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze over carved ribs and appliqué handles
Dimensions
H. 18.4 x Diam. 21.9 cm (7 1/4 x 8 5/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Mr. and Mrs. Myron S. Falk, Jr. New York
[Falk Collection number 113]

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift from the Estate of Mr. and Mrs. Myron S. Falk, Jr.
Accession Year
2006
Object Number
2006.253
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Henry Trubner, Chinese Ceramics, from the prehistoric period through Ch'ien Lung: a loan exhibition from collections in America and Japan, exh. cat., Los Angeles County Museum (Los Angeles, CA, 1952), p. 95, no. 249
  • 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. 171-172, no. 59

Exhibition History

  • Chinese Ceramics from the Prehistoric Period through Ch'ien Lung, Los Angeles County Museum of History, Science and Art, 03/14/1952 - 04/27/1952

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