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