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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1937.190.A-B
Title
Covered Circular Bowl with Geometric Decor
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
5th-3rd century BCE
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Zhou dynasty, Warring States period, 475-221 BCE
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/205794

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Light gray stoneware with blackened surfaces, the decoration polished into the matte surface before firing
Dimensions
H. 12.5 x Diam. 17 cm (4 15/16 x 6 11/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, William M. Prichard Fund
Accession Year
1937
Object Number
1937.190.A-B
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Stanley Kaplan, "A Note on Late Chou Black Ware", Far Eastern Ceramic Bulletin (July 1948)
  • Henry Trubner, Chinese Ceramics, from the prehistoric period through Ch'ien Lung: a loan exhibition from collections in America and Japan, exh. cat., Los Angeles County Museum (Los Angeles, CA, 1952), p. 51, no. 20

Exhibition History

  • Chinese Ceramics from the Prehistoric Period through Ch'ien Lung, Los Angeles County Museum of History, Science and Art, 03/14/1952 - 04/27/1952

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