Harvard Art Museums > 2006.170.253: Jar with blue splashes 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"Jar with blue splashes , 2006.170.253,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 25, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/169458. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2006.170.253 Title Jar with blue splashes Other Titles Original Language Title: 唐 褐釉藍斑罐 Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date 8th-9th century Places Creation Place: East Asia, China, Henan province Period Tang dynasty, 618-907 Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/169458 Physical Descriptions Medium Stoneware with dark brown glaze and overglaze blue splashes Technique Black-brown glaze Dimensions H. 14.4 x Diam. 14 cm (5 11/16 x 5 1/2 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History [Eskenazi Ltd., London, July 2001] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (2001-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Partial gift of the Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation and partial purchase through the Alpheus Hyatt Purchasing Fund Accession Year 2006 Object Number 2006.170.253 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 Ovoid jar with everted lip, broad shoulders, and sides tapering inward to a flat circular base; light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze embellished with variegated light blue splashes on top of the glaze; glaze stops short of the foot; base unglazed. Dark glazed wares with these distinctive blue flourishes were made at the Duandian kilns, Lushan county, and the Huangdao kilns in Jia county, both in the vicinity of Baofeng, Henan province and are considered precursors to copper-splashed Jun wares from Henan province. Commentary Compare to: Blue-splashed brown-glazed jar of slightly different form excavated in 1987 from a tomb dated 810 at Hengshan village, Yuzhou, Henan province, now in the Henan Museum. See Zhongguo chutu ciqi quanji [Complete Collection of Chinese Ceramics Unearthed in China], vol. 12: Henan (Beijing: Kexue chubanshe, 2008), no. 48. Subjects and Contexts Sedgwick Collection Related Media 3D Model: Ovoid Jar with Flaring Lip and Blue Splashes 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
