Large Circular Offering Dish with Three Loop-Feet and Stylized Lotus Decor

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1942.185.384
Title: Large Circular Offering Dish with Three Loop-Feet and Stylized Lotus Decor
Classification: Vessels
Work Type: vessel
Date: first half 8th century
Places: Creation Place: East Asia, China, Henan province
Period: Tang dynasty, 618-907
Culture: Chinese
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/205540

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Sancai ("three-color") ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed cobalt-blue, caramel-brown, and clear glazes over stamped decoration and with lead fluxed, pale yellow glaze on the feet. Probably from kilns at Luoyang or Gongxian, Henan province.
Dimensions: H. 6.9 x Diam. 30 cm (2 11/16 x 11 13/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane
Accession Year: 1942
Object Number: 1942.185.384
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Henry Trubner, Chinese Ceramics, from the prehistoric period through Ch'ien Lung: a loan exhibition from collections in America and Japan, exh. cat., Los Angeles County Museum (Los Angeles, CA, 1952), p. 61, no. 70

Exhibition History

Chinese Ceramics from the Prehistoric Period through Ch'ien Lung, Los Angeles County Museum of History, Science and Art, 03/14/1952 - 04/27/1952

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