A blue-purple stoneware vessel with high flat walls, a flat jutted out lip in the shape of a hexagon, six small feet, and protruding corners along the outside. The top lip makes a hexagonal shape.
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A blue-green stoneware vessel that stands upright on a grey background. It has tall, flat walls that slightly flare outward, a flat jutted out lip in the shape of a hexagon, six small feet along the bottom, and protruding corners along the outside. The edge of the lip is brown from thinned glaze.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1942.185.33
Title
Elongated Hexagonal Flowerpot with Six Small Feet
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
probably 15th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China, Henan province
Period
Ming dynasty, 1368-1644
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/205344

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Numbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated blue and purple glaze; with Chinese numeral 7 (qi) inscribed on base before firing
Technique
Jun
Dimensions
max.: H. 13.2 × W. 23.5 × D. 15.5 cm (5 3/16 × 9 1/4 × 6 1/8 in.)
base: W. 15.3 × D. 10.5 cm (6 × 4 1/8 in.)
weight: 1464.7 g
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: incised on base before firing: 七 qi (seven)

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
1942.185.33
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Tony Sigel, Core-drill sampling with the Sherline milling machine, Core-drill sampling with the Sherline milling machine, ed. Emily Hamilton and Kari Dodson, American Institute for Conservation of Historic & Artistic Works (https://resources.culturalheritage.org/osg-postprints/v23/sigel/, 2016), 23, Pages 309-321, Figure 4, Page 313; Figure 6, Page 314; Figure 8, Page 315; Figure 9, Page 316; Figure 10, Page 316; figure 11, Page 317; Figure 12, Page 317
  • Rose Kerr, Dazzling Official Jun Wares: From Museums and Collections Around the World, ACC Art Books (Hong Kong, 2021), p. 105, no. 66

Subjects and Contexts

  • Jun Ware

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Verification Level

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