Dish with fish decor
12th-early 13th century
Description
Small shallow circular dish with decoration of a fish surrounded by a lotus and water weeds incised on the center floor; buff earthenware with yellow, aubergine, and green lead-fluxed glazes over a white slip ground; with inscription reading 魏十一 (Wei shiyi; “Wei eleven”) brush written in black ink on the unglazed base after firing.
Dimensions
H. 2.4 x Diam. 13.2 cm (15/16 x 5 3/16 in.)
Provenance
[J.J. Lally & Co., New York, November 1999] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (1999-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.
Related Artworks
View MoreElectrotype of gold original; hammered
19th-20th centuryMycenaean
Nickel silver, ebony, glass
20th centuryGermanSilver
17th centuryBritishCoin silver
19th centuryAmericanLongquan celadon ware: light gray stoneware with bluish green celadon glaze over applique decoration
12th-13th centuryChineseTerracotta
5th century BCEGreekTerracotta with traces of matte black paint
5th-4th century BCESouth ItalianChangsha ware: light gray stoneware with pale celadon glaze over white slip and underglaze decoration painted in iron-brown and copper-green pigments, the rim with touches of iron-brown. From the kilns at Tongguan, Changsha, Hunan province.
9th centuryChineseTerracotta
Greek