Circular Covered Box with Lotus Blossom Decor

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1999.207.A-B
Title: Circular Covered Box with Lotus Blossom Decor
Classification: Boxes
Work Type: box
Date: 9th-10th century
Places: Creation Place: East Asia, China, Zhejiang Province, Shanglinhu
Period: Tang dynasty (618-907) to Five Dynasties period (907-960)
Culture: Chinese
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/189165

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Yue ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over carved decoration. From the Yue kilns at Shanglinhu, Zhejiang province.
Dimensions: including cover: H. 4.5 x Diam. 11 cm (1 3/4 x 4 5/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: J.J. Lally & Co., New York
Blitz Antiek en Kunsthandel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of William B. Goldstein and Madeline Klein
Accession Year: 1999
Object Number: 1999.207.A-B
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

A Decade of Collecting: Asian Acquisitions 1990-1999, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 03/11/2000 - 11/05/2000
Streams and Mountains without End: Landscape Paintings from China, Korea, and Japan, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 11/25/2000 - 08/26/2001

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