VesselsChinese6th-7th century

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).

Classification

Vessels

Technique

Lead glaze

Medium

Earthenware with lead fluxed glaze

Culture

Chinese

Period

Northern Qi (550-577) to Sui (581-618) dynasty

Century

6th-7th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

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.

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