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Alms bowl

Alms bowl

VesselsChinese8th-9th century

Alms bowl

8th-9th century

Description

Large hemispherical bowl with wide mouth, lightly inverted lip, and sides tapering inward to a rounded base—a Buddhist alms bowl (Sanskrit: pātra; Chinese bo); blackened earthenware coated with a slip solution containing clay, carbon, and gypsum and polished to a high gloss after firing.

Classification

Vessels

Technique

Burnished

Medium

Burnished black earthenware

Culture

Chinese

Period

Tang dynasty, 618-907

Century

8th-9th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

H. 12.8 x Diam. 23.3 cm (5 1/16 x 9 3/16 in.)

Provenance

[J.J. Lally & Co., New York, July 2001] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (2000-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.

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