1991.226: Small-Mouthed Jar with Two Loop-Handles and Abstract Decoration of a Bird in Flight
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1991.226
- Title
- Small-Mouthed Jar with Two Loop-Handles and Abstract Decoration of a Bird in Flight
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- 12th-13th century
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, China, Henan province
- Period
- Northern Song (960-1127) to Jin (1115-1234) period
- Culture
- Chinese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/201794
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Northern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with bluish-black glaze, the decoration painted in overglaze iron-oxide
- Dimensions
- H. 20.1 x Diam. 17.1 cm (7 15/16 x 6 3/4 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- J.J. Lally & Co., New York
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane Fund for Asian Art
- Accession Year
- 1991
- Object Number
- 1991.226
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Carol Warner, "Black Ware Bowls of the Northern Song Period Glaze Analysis" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 1992), Unpublished, pp. 1-13 passim
Verification Level
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