1942.185.38: Zhadou-Shaped Flowerpot with Globular Body and Flaring Mouth
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1942.185.38
- Title
- Zhadou-Shaped Flowerpot with Globular Body and Flaring Mouth
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- probably 15th century
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, China, Henan province
- Period
- Ming dynasty, 1368-1644
- Culture
- Chinese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/205696
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Numbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 3 (san) inscribed on base before firing
- Technique
- Jun
- Dimensions
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max.: H. 22.8 × mouth Diam. 23.7 cm (9 × 9 5/16 in.)
body: Diam. 23.7 cm (9 5/16 in.)
base: Diam. 13.7 cm (5 3/8 in.)
weight: 3218.1 g - Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: incised on base before firing: 三 san (three)
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
- 1942.185.38
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Lucy Cooper, Susan Costello, Katherine Eremin, Melissa Moy, Kathy King, Marc Walton, Emeline Pouyet Pouyet, Andrew Shortland, and Laure Dussubieux, Numbered Jun Ware - A Technical Study, Journal of the American Institute for Conservation, American Institute for Conservation (10.1080/01971360.2020.1748971, November 19, 2020), 60, 4, Pages 255-268, Figure 3, Page 258; Pigure 9, Page 262
- Lucy Cooper, Susan Costello, Katherine Eremin, Melissa Moy, Kathy King, Marc S. Walton, Emeline Pouyet Pouyet, Andrew Shortland, and Laure Dussubieux, "Numbered Jun Ware – a technical study", Journal of the American Institute for Conservation (2021), vol. 60, no. 4, pp. 255-268, pp. 257-258, 262, figs. 3, 9
- Rose Kerr, Dazzling Official Jun Wares: From Museums and Collections Around the World, ACC Art Books (Hong Kong, 2021), pp. 266-267, no. 178
Exhibition History
Subjects and Contexts
- Jun Ware
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Verification Level
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