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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2011.94
Title
Jali
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
17th-19th century
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/337419

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Earthenware with green glaze
Dimensions
41 x 24.5 cm (16 1/8 x 9 5/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Stuart Cary Welch, Jr. Collection, New Hampshire (?-2011), sold; through [Sotheby’s, London, 5/31/2011, lot 147]; to Harvard Art Museums, 2011.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Eric Schroeder Fund
Accession Year
2011
Object Number
2011.94
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Green-glazed on both sides, this arch-shaped window opening contains an openwork pattern within a border of four ridges. The blanks areas of the openwork define a tabby or plain-weave pattern (over one, under one), through which one would have viewed the outside world.

Verification Level

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