1940.185: Short, Broad-shouldered Jar with Decoration of Two Dragons, Each Striding amid Clouds over Mountains and Rolling Waves
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1940.185
- Title
- Short, Broad-shouldered Jar with Decoration of Two Dragons, Each Striding amid Clouds over Mountains and Rolling Waves
- 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/205516
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Enameled porcelain: porcelain with decoration painted in black enamel over an overglaze yellow ground; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" on the base
- Dimensions
- H. 13.3 cm (5 1/4 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Samuel C. Davis
- Accession Year
- 1940
- Object Number
- 1940.185
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Exhibition History
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