1975.44: Octagonal Pillow with Decoration of Butterflies and Chrysanthemum Sprays
Furnishings
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1975.44
- Title
- Octagonal Pillow with Decoration of Butterflies and Chrysanthemum Sprays
- Classification
- Furnishings
- Work Type
- headrest
- Date
- late 12th-early 13th century
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, China, Hebei province
- Period
- Jin dynasty, 1115-1234
- Culture
- Chinese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/202487
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Cizhou ware: light gray stoneware with clear glaze over decoration painted in iron-brown slip on a white slip ground. Possibly from the Guantai kilns, near Handan, Hebei province.
- Dimensions
- H. 11.2 x W. 23.1 x D. 17.3 cm (4 7/16 x 9 1/8 x 6 13/16 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of C. Adrian Rübel in honor of Professor Max Loehr
- Accession Year
- 1975
- Object Number
- 1975.44
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Yutaka Mino, Freedom of Clay and Brush through Seven Centuries in Northern China: Tz'u-chou Type Wares, 960-1600 A.D., exh. cat., Indianapolis Museum of Art (Indianapolis, 1980), pp.120-121 illustrated
Exhibition History
- Plum, Orchid, Chrysanthemum, and Bamboo: Botanical Motifs and Symbols in East Asian Painting, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 07/06/2002 - 01/05/2003
Verification Level
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