1940.218: Octagonal Broad-Shouldered Jar with Decoration of Ascending and Descending Phoenixes amid Flowers
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1940.218
- Title
- Octagonal Broad-Shouldered Jar with Decoration of Ascending and Descending Phoenixes amid Flowers
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- Longqing period, 1567-1572
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen
- Period
- Ming dynasty, 1368-1644
- Culture
- Chinese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/204722
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Enameled blue-and-white ware, "wucai" type: porcelain with decoraiton painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Longqing nian zao" within a double circle on the base
- Dimensions
- 25.4 x 22.1 cm (10 x 8 11/16 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Samuel C. Davis
- Accession Year
- 1940
- Object Number
- 1940.218
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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