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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2006.170.224
Title
Ink palette or circular stand
Other Titles
Original Language Title: 南朝至隋 青銅三足硯
Classification
Artists' Tools
Work Type
palette
Date
5th-6th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Northern and Southern Dynasties period (420-589) to Sui dynasty (581-618)
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/174786

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
H. 3.8 x W. (across legs) 12.3 x Diam. 10.2 cm (1 1/2 x 4 13/16 x 4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[J.J. Lally & Co., New York, January 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 Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane Fund for Asian Art
Accession Year
2006
Object Number
2006.170.224
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Wide, circular, dish-shaped ink palette or stand supported on three hoofed cabriole legs.

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