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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1940.172
Title
Small Bowl with Lightly Flaring Lip, the Interior with Decoration of a Lotus Pond, the Exterior with Four Roundels, Each with a Bird Between Blossoming Plants
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
mid 16th-early 17th Century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Ming dynasty, 1368-1644
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/205513

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Enameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze red, green, yellow, and gold enamels; with cursorily written underglaze cobalt-blue mark possibly reading "Wan Fu Yu Tong" on the base
Dimensions
Diam. 12.1 cm (4 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
1940.172
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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