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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1942.185.35
Title
Zhadou-Shaped Flowerpot with Globular Body and Flaring Mouth
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/205770

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Numbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 1 (yi) inscribed on base before firing
Technique
Jun
Dimensions
max.: H. 24.7 × mouth Diam. 26.6 cm (9 3/4 × 10 1/2 in.)
body: Diam. 26.3 cm (10 3/8 in.)
base: Diam. 16.2 cm (6 3/8 in.)
weight: > 4000 g
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: incised on base before firing: 一 yi (one)

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
1942.185.35
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Rose Kerr, Dazzling Official Jun Wares: From Museums and Collections Around the World, ACC Art Books (Hong Kong, 2021), p. 258, no. 172

Subjects and Contexts

  • Jun Ware

Verification Level

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