1942.185.42: Circular Basin with Drum-Nail Decor and Three Cloud Scroll Feet
VesselsA low, wide ceramic basin shown from its side on a white faded background. It is colored blue and fades to purple along its bottom. It has four small, pointed feet with small swirls on them. There is a wide band along the top lip with small circles that are widely spaced out. The edges of the lip and the circles are tan from thinned glaze.
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1942.185.42
- Title
- Circular Basin with Drum-Nail Decor and Three Cloud Scroll Feet
- 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/205716
Location
- Location
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Level 2, Room 2600, East Asian Art, East Asian Painting and Decorative Arts
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Numbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 1 (yi) inscribed on base before firing
- Technique
- Jun
- Dimensions
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max.: H. 9.2 × Diam. 24.1 cm (3 5/8 × 9 1/2 in.)
base: Diam. 17.5 cm (6 7/8 in.)
weight: 1653.2 g - Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: incised on base before firing: 一 yi (one)
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
- 1942.185.42
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Carol Warner, "Black Ware Bowls of the Northern Song Period Glaze Analysis" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 1992), Unpublished, pp. 1-13 passim
- Rose Kerr, Dazzling Official Jun Wares: From Museums and Collections Around the World, ACC Art Books (Hong Kong, 2021), pp. 228-229, no. 149
Exhibition History
- Permanent Gallery Exhibition, Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, 06/25/1949 - 06/28/1972
- 32Q: 2600 East Asian, Japanese, Chinese and Korean, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 06/08/2024 - 06/01/2025
- Adorning the Inner Court: Jun Ware for the Chinese Palace, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/20/2017 - 08/13/2017
Subjects and Contexts
- Jun Ware
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Verification Level
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