Harvard Art Museums > 2002.91: Calabash-Shaped Bottle with 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"Calabash-Shaped Bottle with Blue Splashes , 2002.91,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 26, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/165247. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2002.91 Title Calabash-Shaped Bottle with Blue Splashes Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date 8th cent. - 9th cent. Places Creation Place: East Asia, China, Henan province Period Tang dynasty, 618-907 Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/165247 Physical Descriptions Medium Lushan ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze embellished with variegated light blue splashes. Probably from the Duandian kiln, Lushan county, Henan province. Dimensions H. 22.1 x Diam. 18.1 cm (8 11/16 x 7 1/8 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Peter W. Scheinman purchased at Sotheby's, London Formerly in British Rail Pension Fund Collection Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Partial gift of Peter W. Scheinman in honor of James Cuno and partial purchase through the Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane Fund for Asian Art Accession Year 2002 Object Number 2002.91 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. 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, p. 58, fig. 14 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. 69, no. 44 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. 97-99, no. 9 Stephan Wolohojian and Alvin L. Clark, Jr., Harvard Art Museum/ Handbook, ed. Stephan Wolohojian, Harvard Art Museum (Cambridge, 2008), p. 36 Exhibition History Rocks, Mountains, Landscapes and Gardens: The Essence of East Asian Painting ('04), Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 01/31/2004 - 08/01/2004 A Compelling Legacy: Masterworks of East Asian Painting, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 08/24/2004 - 03/20/2005 Forging the New: East Asian Painting in the Twentieth Century, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 05/03/2005 - 10/16/2005 Downtime, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 04/28/2007 - 04/20/2008 Re-View: S228-230 Arts of Asia, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 05/31/2008 - 06/01/2013 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
