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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2000.260
Title
'Meiping' Bottle with Stylized Floral Decor
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
13th-14th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China, Jiangxi province, Ji’an
Period
Southern Song period (1127-1279) to Yuan dynasty (1279-1368)
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/176972

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Jizhou ware: ivory white stoneware with dark brown glaze, the decoration reserved in the biscuit against the dark brown glaze. From the Jizhou kilns at Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
Dimensions
H. 28.4 x Diam. 16 cm (11 3/16 x 6 5/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Peter W. Scheinman purchased at Christie's, 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 David Berg, Esq., Bequest Fund
Accession Year
2000
Object Number
2000.260
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • 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. 257-258, no. 105
  • Nishida Hiroko and Sato Sâra, "Tenmoku [Dark-glazed ceramics]", Heibonsha Limited (Tokyo, Japan, 1999), p. 128, fig. 79

Verification Level

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