Dish with blossoming plant decor
12th-early 13th century
Description
Small shallow circular dish with decoration of a blossoming plant incised on the center floor; buff earthenware with variegated green and yellow lead-fluxed glazes over a white-slip ground; dated inscription brush written in ink on the unglazed base after firing.
Dimensions
H. 2.2 x Diam. 14.5 cm (7/8 x 5 11/16 in.)
Provenance
[Alberts-Langdon, Inc., Boston, March 1999] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (1999-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.
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