1991.267.A-B: Covered Circular Box with Decoration of Four Butterflies Surrounding a Stylized Flower on a Beaded Ground
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1991.267.A-B
- Title
- Covered Circular Box with Decoration of Four Butterflies Surrounding a Stylized Flower on a Beaded Ground
- Classification
- Boxes
- Work Type
- box
- Date
- 9th-early 10th century
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, China, Henan province
- Period
- Tang dynasty, 618-907
- Culture
- Chinese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/201785
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Monochrome lead-glazed ware: molded white earthenware with lead-fluxed emerald-green glaze on the exterior and lead-fluxed clear glaze mottled with green on the interior. Probably from kilns at Luoyang or Gongxian, Henan province.
- Dimensions
- including cover: H. 6.2 x Diam. 11.1 cm (2 7/16 x 4 3/8 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Ralph C. Marcove, M.D., New York purchased from Bluett and Sons, London.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Ralph C. Marcove, M.D.
- Accession Year
- 1991
- Object Number
- 1991.267.A-B
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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