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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1940.3
Title
Tea Bowl with Indented Lip and Russet Hare's-Fur Markings
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
12th-13th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China, Fujian Province, Jianyang
Period
Song dynasty, 960-1279
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/206123

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Jian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide, the base with a brush-written inscription reading 'Te'
Dimensions
H. 6.6 x Diam. 12.4 cm (2 5/8 x 4 7/8 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Dr. Horace Emerson Campbell
Accession Year
1940
Object Number
1940.3
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Valentine Talland, "Technical Examination of Southern Chinese Chien Ware and Japanese Copies in the Harvard University Art Museums Collection" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 1988), Unpublished, pp. 1-21 passim
  • Robert D. Mowry, Hare's Fur, Tortoiseshell, and Partridge Feathers: Chinese brown- and black-glazed ceramics, 400-1400, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1996), pp. 213-215, no. 79

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