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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1999.64
Title
Compressed Globular Bottle with Long Neck and Decoration of Abstract Scrolls
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
13th cent. - early 14th cent.
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/191325

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Painted Jizhou ware: very light gray stoneware with clear glaze over decoration painted in iron-brown slip; with two-character inscription reading 'Yuwang' incised on the base. From the Jizhou kilns near Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
Dimensions
H. 16.0 x Diam. 9.1 cm (6 5/16 x 3 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: inscription on base: Yuwang
  • inscription: base, incised, Chinese: two-character inscription reading "Yü-wang" incised on the base

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Unidentified Owner. A portion of a collection sticker, presumably from an old French collection, adheres to the bottle's base.
Unidentified Owner. An old Argentine Collection
The Chinese Porcelain Company, New York, NY, USA, Sold to the HUAM.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane Fund for Asian Art and the William A. Koshland Bequest Fund
Accession Year
1999
Object Number
1999.64
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • James Cuno, ed., Harvard University Art Museums Annual Report, 1998-99, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, 2000), p. 20

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
  • Rocks, Mountains, Landscapes and Gardens: The Essence of East Asian Painting ('04), Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 01/31/2004 - 08/01/2004
  • A Compelling Legacy: Masterworks of East Asian Painting, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 08/24/2004 - 03/20/2005
  • Forging the New: East Asian Painting in the Twentieth Century, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 05/03/2005 - 10/16/2005
  • Downtime, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 04/28/2007 - 04/20/2008
  • Re-View: S228-230 Arts of Asia, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 05/31/2008 - 06/01/2013

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