Harvard Art Museums > 2006.170.273: Miniature tripod bowl 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"Miniature tripod bowl , 2006.170.273,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 25, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/191323. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2006.170.273 Title Miniature tripod bowl Other Titles Original Language Title: 唐 絞胎釉陶三足盌 Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date 8th-9th century Places Creation Place: East Asia, China Period Tang dynasty, 618-907 Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/191323 Physical Descriptions Medium Marbled earthenware with amber colored lead glaze Technique Marbled Dimensions H. 3.9 x Diam. 8.8 cm (1 9/16 x 3 7/16 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History [Kaikodo, New York, October 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 2006.170.273 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 Miniature tripod bowl with everted lip, straight sides with raised ridge encircling body, and three tiny cabriole legs; marbled white and brown earthenware with lead-fluxed amber colored glaze, including underside of vessel; unglazed base of feet with some glaze overflow. Commentary Compare to: Small box with similar marbled decoration attributed to the Tang dynasty excavated in 1985 from a steel factory site in the eastern suburbs of 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. 84. Publication History Kaikodo Journal, Vol. 11 (Spring 1999), auct. cat., Kaikodo (New York, 1999), no. 58, pp. 188-189 and 306 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
