A low, wide mottled purple ceramic basin with small pointed feet and a blue band with small, tan circles widely spaced out along the top lip. The inside is blue.
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A low, wide ceramic basin shown from its side on a white faded background. It is colored blue along the lip, a mottled purple on the body of the outside of the piece, and the inside is blue. It has four small, pointed feet with small swirls on them. There is a band along the top lip of small, circles widely spaced out. The edges and details of the lip are tan from thinned glaze.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1942.185.49
Title
Circular Basin with Drum-Nail Decor and Three Cloud Scroll 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/205720

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Numbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated magenta and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 8 (ba) inscribed on base; “Ying tai Lan shi yong” (Ocean Terrace, used in the Orchid Room) inscription incised on base at a later date
Technique
Jun
Dimensions
max.: H. 6.7 × Diam. 17.6 cm (2 5/8 × 6 15/16 in.)
base: Diam. 13 cm (5 1/8 in.)
weight: 754.4 g
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: incised on base before firing: 八 ba (eight)
  • inscription: incised into glazed base at a later date: 瀛臺蘭室用 Ying tai Lan shi yong (Ocean Terrace, used in the Orchid Room)

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
1942.185.49
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Subjects and Contexts

  • Jun Ware

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