Harvard Art Museums > 2006.170.243: Pilgrim flask 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"Pilgrim flask , 2006.170.243,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 16, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/173623. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2006.170.243 Title Pilgrim flask Other Titles Original Language Title: 隋至唐 白瓷扁壺 Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date 7th century Places Creation Place: East Asia, China Period Sui (581-618) to Tang (618-907) dynasty Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/173623 Physical Descriptions Medium White stoneware with transparent glaze tinged with green Technique White ware Dimensions H. 19.2 x W. 17.6 x D. 10 cm (7 9/16 x 6 15/16 x 3 15/16 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History [Christian Boehm, London, May 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 Louise Haskell Daly Fund Accession Year 2006 Object Number 2006.170.243 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 Flask with short cylindrical neck, round body with flattened front and back supported on an oval footring, and with two square lug handles on the shoulder; white stoneware with transparent glaze tinged with pale celadon green. From northern China, probably from Hebei or Henan province. Commentary Compare to: (1) White ware pilgrim flask of similar shape excavated from a Tang dynasty (618-907) tomb in Xi’an, Shaanxi province, now in the Xi’an Municipal Institute of Archaeology and the Preservation of Cultural Relics. See Zhongguo chutu ciqi quanji [Complete Collection of Chinese Ceramics Unearthed in China], vol. 15: Shaanxi (Beijing: Kexue chubanshe, 2008), no. 45. (2) Green glass flask of closely related shape from the tomb of Li Jingxun (600-608) in Xi’an, Shaanxi province, now in the collection of the Museum of Chinese History, Beijing. See Zhongguo shehui kexueyuan kaogu yanjiusuo [Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences], Kaogu jinghua Zhongguo shehui kexueyuan kaogu yanjiusuo jiansuo sishinian jinian [Select Archaeological Finds, Album to the 40th Anniversary of the Founding of the Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences] (Beijing: Kexue chubanshe, 1993), 297, fig. 245.3. 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
