VesselsChinese13th-14th century

Cylindrical Censer with Three Short Legs and Decoration of Trigrams in Roundels Set Against Rolling Waves

13th-14th century

Classification

Vessels

Medium

Painted Jizhou ware: off-white stoneware with decoration painted in underglaze iron slip under clear glaze. From the kilns at Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.

Culture

Chinese

Period

Southern Song period (1127-1279) to Yuan dynasty (1279-1368)

Century

13th-14th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

9.3 x 13.5 cm (3 11/16 x 5 5/16 in.)

Provenance

Kaikodo, New York, NY, USA, sold to Harvard University Art Museums.

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