1940.199: Compressed Globular Brush Washer with Decoration of Two Dragons, Each Pursuing a Flaming Jewel Emblazoned with the Chinese Longevity Character (Shou)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1940.199

Title

Compressed Globular Brush Washer with Decoration of Two Dragons, Each Pursuing a Flaming Jewel Emblazoned with the Chinese Longevity Character (Shou)

Classification

Vessels

Work Type

vessel

Date

Jiajing period, 1522-1566

Places

Creation Place: East Asia, China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen

Period

Ming dynasty, 1368-1644

Culture

Chinese

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/204717

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Enameled porcelain: porcelain with decoration painted in overglaze red enamel; with overglaze red enamel mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" within a double circle on the base

Dimensions

H. 5.6 x Diam. 9.5 cm (2 3/16 x 3 3/4 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Samuel C. Davis

Accession Year

1940

Object Number

1940.199

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• John Alexander Pope, "Ming Porcelains in the Davis Collection", Bulletin of the Fogg Art Museum, President and Fellows of Harvard College (November 1941), vol. IX, no. 5, pp. 95-100, p. 97, fig. 2
• Henry Trubner, Chinese Ceramics, from the prehistoric period through Ch'ien Lung: a loan exhibition from collections in America and Japan, exh. cat., Los Angeles County Museum (Los Angeles, CA, 1952), p. 105, no. 305

Exhibition History

• Chinese Ceramics from the Prehistoric Period through Ch'ien Lung, Los Angeles County Museum of History, Science and Art, 03/14/1952 - 04/27/1952

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