1977.22: Flat-Shouldered "Meiping" Bottle with Carinated Mouth and Scrolling Peony Decor
Vessels
This object does not yet have a description.
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1977.22
- Title
- Flat-Shouldered "Meiping" Bottle with Carinated Mouth and Scrolling Peony Decor
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- 12th-early 13th century
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, China
- Period
- Xixia kingdom, 1032-1227
- Culture
- Chinese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/201975
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Cizhou-type cut-glaze ware: light gray stoneware with rust brown glaze, the decoration cut into the glaze before firing. From the Ciyaobao kilns, Lingwu county, Ningxia Huizu Autonomous Region.
- Dimensions
- H. 31 x Diam. 15.6 cm (12 3/16 x 6 1/8 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Choate
- Accession Year
- 1977
- Object Number
- 1977.22
- 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.
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. 201-202, no. 74
- Hang Tian, Xixia Ciqi [Xixia Ceramics], Wenwu chubanshe (Beijing, 2010), TB3001, p. 313
- Carolyn Kyongshin Koh Choo, Traditional Korean Ceramics: A Look by a Scientist, Designnanoom (Seoul, 2016), p. 160, fig. 7-7
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