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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1942.185.391
Title
Flat-Shouldered "Meiping" Bottle with Carinated Mouth and Scrolling Floral Decor
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
12th-early 13th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Xixia kingdom, 1032-1227
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/205240

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Cizhou-type cut-glaze ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the decoration cut into the glaze before firing. From the Ciyaobao kilns, Lingwu county, Ningxia Huizu Autonomous Region.
Dimensions
H. 25.8 x Diam. 14.5 cm (10 3/16 x 5 11/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane
Accession Year
1942
Object Number
1942.185.391
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Hang Tian, Xixia Ciqi [Xixia Ceramics], Wenwu chubanshe (Beijing, 2010), TB3002, pp. 314-315

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