Harvard Art Museums > 2006.170.287: Dish with fish decor 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"Dish with fish decor , 2006.170.287,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 23, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/190218. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2006.170.287 Title Dish with fish decor Other Titles Original Language Title: 金 三彩碟 Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date 12th-early 13th century Places Creation Place: East Asia, China Period Jin dynasty, 1115-1234 Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/190218 Physical Descriptions Medium Cizhou-type ware: earthenware with sancai (three-color) glaze Technique Lead glaze Dimensions H. 2.4 x Diam. 13.2 cm (15/16 x 5 3/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: brush-written in black ink on base:: 魏十一 Provenance Recorded Ownership History [J.J. Lally & Co., New York, November 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 2006.170.287 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 Small shallow circular dish with decoration of a fish surrounded by a lotus and water weeds incised on the center floor; buff earthenware with yellow, aubergine, and green lead-fluxed glazes over a white slip ground; with inscription reading 魏十一 (Wei shiyi; “Wei eleven”) brush written in black ink on the unglazed base after firing. Commentary Compare to: Sancai dish of nearly identical form and color palette in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing. See Zhongguo taoci quanji [The Complete Works of Chinese Ceramics], vol. 9: Liao, Xi Xia, Jin [Liao, Xi Xia, and Jin dynasties] (Shanghai: Shanghai renmin meishu chubanshe, 2000), no. 229, pp. 237 and 317. 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
