Harvard Art Museums > 2006.170.228: Pedestal dish 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"Pedestal dish , 2006.170.228,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 24, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/167603. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2006.170.228 Title Pedestal dish Other Titles Original Language Title: 隋 青瓷高足盤 Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date late 6th-early 7th century Places Creation Place: East Asia, China Period Sui dynasty, 581-618 Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/167603 Physical Descriptions Medium Stoneware with celadon glaze Technique Celadon Dimensions H. 13 x Diam. 31.5 cm (5 1/8 x 12 3/8 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History [J.J. Lally & Co., New York, 2001] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (2001-2006), 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 2006.170.228 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 Shallow circular dish supported by a tall, wide cylindrical pedestal that flares at the base into a sharply defined foot with vertical edge; underside of dish slightly rounded and rises gently up to a rim with beveled edge; lightly stamped and combed geometric decor on floor of dish; light gray stoneware with bluish-green celadon glaze streaked with blue in concentrated areas; glaze covers entire dish and pedestal down to the foot; underside of pedestal unglazed. Place of manufacture uncertain, probably northern China. Commentary Compare to: (1) Celadon pedestal dish of related form excavated in 2003 from a Sui dynasty tomb at Xiaomintun, Anyang, Henan province. See Zhongguo chutu ciqi quanji [Complete Collection of Chinese Ceramics Unearthed in China], vol. 12: Henan (Beijing: Kexue chubanshe, 2008), no. 44. (2) Celadon pedestal dish of related form attributed to the late Southern Dynasties period (420-589) in the East Zhejiang Museum of Yue Celadon Ware collection. See Beijing daxue Zhongguo kaogu yanjiu zhongxin [Chinese Archaeology Research Center, Peking University], Die cui : Zhedong yueyao qingci bowuguan zang qingci jingpin [Vibrant Greens: Celadon Glazes over Two Millennia: Masterpieces from the East Zhejiang Museum of Yue Celadon Ware] (Beijing: Wenwu chubanshe, 2013), no. 65, pp. 336-39. (3) Celadon pedestal dish of related form attributed to the Sui dynasty in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston collection (accession no. 50.2104). 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
