VesselsChinese8th-12th century

Small Globular, Long-Necked Bottle

8th-12th century

Classification

Vessels

Medium

Transparent emerald-green glass with red lead pigment on the surface

Culture

Chinese

Period

Tang dynasty (618-907) to Northern Song period (960-1127)

Century

8th-12th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

H. 4.5 x Diam. 3.5 cm (1 3/4 x 1 3/8 in.)

Provenance

[Yamanaka & Co., New York, 12/31/1941] sold; to Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (1941-1943), bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 1943.

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