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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2006.170.245
Title
Cuspidor
Other Titles
Original Language Title: 唐 白瓷唾盂
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
9th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China, Hebei province, Quyang
Period
Tang dynasty, 618-907
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/185759

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Porcelaneous white stoneware with ivory hued glaze
Technique
White ware
Dimensions
H. 11.7 x Diam. 15.2 cm (4 5/8 x 6 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Blitz Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Amsterdam, December 1999] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (1999-2006), 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
2006.170.245
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Compressed pear-shaped receptacle supported on a short, wide footring, the upper portion in the form of a conical bowl, with small circular opening at the juncture between the upper and lower halves; porcelaneous white stoneware with lustrous ivory-hued glaze. Probably from the Ding kilns at Quyang, Hebei province.
Commentary
Compare to:
(1) White ware cuspidor of similar shape, purportedly made at the Xing kilns, Henan province, was excavated in 1955 from a Tang-dynasty tomb at Wangjiafen, Xi’an, Shaanxi province, now in the Shaanxi History Museum. See Zhongguo chutu ciqi quanji [Complete Collection of Chinese Ceramics Unearthed in China], vol. 15: Shaanxi (Beijing: Kexue chubanshe, 2008), no. 50.
(2) Black ware cuspidor of similar shape and approximate size was excavated in 1955 from a Tang dynasty tomb in the eastern suburbs of Xi’an, Shaanxi province, now in the Shaanxi History Museum. See ibid., no. 85.

Exhibition History

Subjects and Contexts

  • Sedgwick Collection

Verification Level

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