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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1940.253
Title
Vase in the Form of an Archaic Bronze "Zun" Beaker with Decoration of Flowers, Insects, and Rocks, and of Figures within a Landscape
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
Wanli period, 1572-1620
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen
Period
Ming dynasty, 1368-1644
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/205966

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Enameled biscuit porcelain: molded biscuit porcelain with decoration painted in aubergine enamels against a yellow enamel ground; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Wanli nian zhi" within a double-circle on the base
Dimensions
H. 26 x Diam. 16.5 cm (10 1/4 x 6 1/2 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Samuel C. Davis
Accession Year
1940
Object Number
1940.253
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • 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. 107, no. 314
  • Suzanne G. Valenstein, Ming Porcelains: A Retrospective, exh. cat., China Institute in America (New York, 1970), p. 85, no. 57

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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