1954.122: Large Circular Offering Dish with Three Hoofed-Cabriole Legs and Stylized Lotus and Cloud Decor

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1954.122

Title

Large Circular Offering Dish with Three Hoofed-Cabriole Legs and Stylized Lotus and Cloud Decor

Classification

Vessels

Work Type

vessel

Date

first half 8th century

Places

Creation Place: East Asia, China, Henan province, Anyang

Period

Tang dynasty, 618-907

Culture

Chinese

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/203715

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Sancai ("three-color") ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed cobalt-blue, emerald-green and caramel-brown glazes over stamped decoration on the interior and lead-fluxed caramel glaze on the exterior. Probably from kilns at Luoyang or Gongxian, Henan province.

Dimensions

H. 6.1 × Diam. 29.3 cm (2 3/8 × 11 9/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Dr. Arnold Knapp

Accession Year

1954

Object Number

1954.122

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Max Loehr, Chinese Art: Symbols and Images, exh. cat., Jewett Arts Center (Wellesley, 1967), pp. 29-30, no. 15
• Max Loehr, "Aesthetic Delight: An Anthology of Far Eastern Art", Apollo (New Series), Apollo Publications Inc. (London, England, May 1978), vol. CVII, no. 195, pp. 414-421, p. 417, Pl. VII
• Kristin A. Mortimer and William G. Klingelhofer, Harvard University Art Museums: A Guide to the Collections, Harvard University Art Museums and Abbeville Press (Cambridge and New York, 1986), no. 37, p. 39

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