Harvard Art Museums > 1940.205: Large, Broad-Shouldered Jar with Decoration of Fish and Aquatic Plants Vessels Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Large, Broad-Shouldered Jar with Decoration of Fish and Aquatic Plants , 1940.205,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 18, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/204508. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1940.205 Title Large, Broad-Shouldered Jar with Decoration of Fish and Aquatic Plants Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date Jiajing period, 1522-1566 Places Creation Place: East Asia, China Period Ming dynasty, 1368-1644 Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/204508 Location Location Level 2, Room 2710, North Arcade View this object's location on our interactive map Physical Descriptions Medium Enameled blue-and-white ware, "wucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" on the base Technique Overglaze enamel Dimensions H. 23.5 x Diam. 24 cm (9 1/4 x 9 7/16 in.) Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Samuel C. Davis Accession Year 1940 Object Number 1940.205 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 Fogg Art Museum, The Use of Blue on Chinese Porcelain of the Ming Dynasty 1368-1644, exh. cat., Harvard University Press (Cambridge, Mass., Spring 1947), no. 39, cover image Jessica Chloros, "An Investigation of Cobalt Pigment on Islamic Ceramics at the Harvard Art Museums" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 2008), Unpublished, pp. 1-41 passim Exhibition History 32Q: 2710 North Arcade, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/25/2023 - 01/01/2050 Earthly Delights: 6,000 Years of Asian Ceramics, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/21/2022 - 08/14/2022 Verification Level This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or 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
