Dished-mouth vessel
6th – early 7th century
Description
Compressed pear-shaped container with dish-shaped mouth, slender cylindrical neck, and body widening toward the base, which rests on a short footring; buff earthenware with pale yellowish-green lead-fluxed glaze that stops short of the foot; base unglazed. Place of manufacture uncertain, probably northern China. One of a set of four burial vessels (2006.170.255-258).
Dimensions
H. 16 x Diam. 14.6 cm (6 5/16 x 5 3/4 in.)
Provenance
[The Chinese Porcelain Company, New York, April 2000] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (2000-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.
Related Artworks
View MoreTerracotta
6th century BCEGreekGlass
19th centuryGermanSilver
18th centuryBritishGrayish brown agate with brown mottles; tourmaline cover with attached ivory spoon
19th centuryChineseLongquan celadon ware: light gray stoneware with cloudy celadon glaze, an unglazed, molded decorative element appliquéd at the center of the floor. From the Longquan kilns, Zhejiang province.
13th-14th centuryChinesePorcelain, partially painted and gilded
19th centuryAmericanEarthenware with three-color (sancai) lead glaze
11th-12th centuryChineseTerracotta with encaustic painted decoration
18th centuryBritishGray earthenware
16th-15th century BCEChineseSilver
17th centuryBritishTerracotta
3rd millennium BCEAnatolianMonochrome glazed porcelain: porcelain with pale celadon glaze over molded and applique decoration; with underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Qing Qianlong nian zhi" in seal-script characters on the base
18th centuryChinese