Harvard Art Museums > 2001.120: Calabash-Shaped Bottle with Butterfly Decoration 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 Butterfly Decoration , 2001.120,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 18, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/167598. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2001.120 Title Calabash-Shaped Bottle with Butterfly Decoration Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date 9th century Places Creation Place: East Asia, China, Hunan province, Changsha Period Tang dynasty, 618-907 Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/167598 Physical Descriptions Medium Changsha ware: light gray stoneware with three appliqué molded elements coated with caramel-brown glaze over a thin layer of white slip. From the kilns at Tongchuan, Changsha, Hunan province Dimensions H. 19.8 x Diam. 15.8 cm (7 13/16 x 6 1/4 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Peter W. Scheinman purchased from J.J. Lally & Co., New York 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 2001 Object Number 2001.120 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, pp. 53-60; illustrated and discussed on p. 58, as fig. 15 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), Cat. no. 45, p. 70 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
