Harvard Art Museums > 2006.170.148: 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 , 2006.170.148,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 19, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/174843. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2006.170.148 Title Pedestal dish Other Titles Original Language Title: 戰國 黑色硬陶豆 Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date 5th-4th century BCE Places Creation Place: East Asia, China Period Zhou dynasty, Warring States period, 475-221 BCE Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/174843 Physical Descriptions Medium Gray stoneware with blackened surface Dimensions H. 23.2 x Diam. 15.1 cm (9 1/8 x 5 15/16 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History [Sotheby's, New York, 20 September 2000, lot. 66] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (2000-2006), 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 2006.170.148 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 raised on a tall narrow cylindrical stem with circular base; geometric decor on the floor of the dish; light gray stoneware with blackened surface, the decoration polished into the matte surface before firing. Commentary Compare to: Pedestal dish of similar form without the burnished decor and with traces of red pigment excavated in 2014 from an early Warring States period (5th-4th century BCE) tomb in Zibo, Shandong province. See Wenwu [Cultural Relics] 10 (2016): 15, fig. 22. Publication History Fine Chinese Works of Art, auct. cat., Sotheby's, New York (New York, September 20, 2000), lot 66 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
