VesselsChinese12th-13th century

Small, Steep-Sided Bowl with Lightly Flaring Lip and Decoration of Fish Swimming in Rolling Waves around a Dragon

12th-early 13th century

Classification

Vessels

Medium

Yaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over molded decoration, the exterior with carved vertical lines suggesting petals. From the Yaozhou kilns at Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.

Culture

Chinese

Period

Jin dynasty, 1115-1234

Century

12th-13th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

H. 4.2 x Diam. 10.3 cm (1 5/8 x 4 1/16 in.)

Provenance

Shirley Nye, New York (by 2004), gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2004.

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