Harvard Art Museums > 2007.218: Shallow Circular Bowl with Floral Decor Vessels Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Shallow Circular Bowl with Floral Decor , 2007.218,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 25, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/323289. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2007.218 Title Shallow Circular Bowl with Floral Decor Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date 12th century Places Creation Place: East Asia, China, Shanxi province Period Jin dynasty, 1115-1234 Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/323289 Physical Descriptions Medium Ding-type ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with ivory-hued glaze over molded decoration. Perhaps from kilns at Jiexu, Shanxi province. Dimensions H. 6.6 x Diam. 25.2 cm (2 5/8 x 9 15/16 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Eskenazi Ltd., London (Purchased by Gilbert and Stephanie Zuellig as a gift to the Harvard University Art Museums; the bowl was never a part of the Zuellig Collection.) Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Gilbert and Stephanie Zuellig Accession Year 2007 Object Number 2007.218 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description The walls of this shallow, circular bowl extend laterally from the circular footring (to form the vessel floor), then rise vertically to the mouth rim. The piece is fully glazed inside and out, save the bottom of the footring, which is unglazed (indicating that the bowl was fired right side up). The body clay is white and slightly transluscent; the grayish honey-yellow-hued glaze imparts a warm feel to the piece. The bowl was produced over a press mold set at the center of the potter's wheel: the mold determined the bowls shape and size and imparted the molded decoration on the interior; the potter's hands shaped the exterior and set the thickness of the walls. The potter cut the footring with a wood or bamboo scalpel after turning the bowl on the wheel. The bowl's interior boasts three registers of deocration over the cavetto, or side walls, and floor: at the very top is a narrow border of leaves; around the side walls is an undulating floral garland inhabited by baby boys, each of whom appears to support the garland's undulating stem; on the floor is an acquatic scene with various leaves and flowers, several fish, and a large bouquet of lotus blossoms, their stems bound together with a ribbon. Publication History Harvard Art Museum, Harvard Art Museum Annual Report, ed. Thomas W. Lentz (Cambridge, 2007-2008), p. 46 Exhibition History Re-View: S228-230 Arts of Asia, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 05/31/2008 - 06/01/2013 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
