Conical Bowl with Tortoiseshell Glaze

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1994.125
Title: Conical Bowl with Tortoiseshell Glaze
Classification: Vessels
Work Type: vessel
Date: late 13th-14th century
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/200901

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Jizhou ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze suffused with buff markings. From the Jizhou kilns, near Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
Dimensions: 5.1 x 15.1 cm (2 x 5 15/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Shumei Culture Foundation Fund
Accession Year: 1994
Object Number: 1994.125
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Robert D. Mowry, Hare's Fur, Tortoiseshell, and Partridge Feathers: Chinese brown- and black-glazed ceramics, 400-1400, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1996), pp. 234-235, no. 92

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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