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Ink palette with leaf-form legs
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Small ink palette of circular form with top flat surface surrounded by a deep reservoir, raised on ten small feet in the form of acanthus leaves, supported on a short footring; white earthenware with lead-fluxed pale green glaze embellished with variegated touches of copper green and iron brown over molded and applique elements; the top surface and underside of palette unglazed. Sancai ware. From northern China, Henan, Hebei, or Shaanxi province.
Department of Asian Art
[The Chinese Porcelain Company New York October 1999] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation Woodside CA (1999-2006) partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums 2006.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Partial gift of the Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation and partial purchase through the Alpheus Hyatt Purchasing Fund
Title: Ink palette with leaf-form legs
Description:
Small ink palette of circular form with top flat surface surrounded by a deep reservoir, raised on ten small feet in the form of acanthus leaves, supported on a short footring; white earthenware with lead-fluxed pale green glaze embellished with variegated touches of copper green and iron brown over molded and applique elements; the top surface and underside of palette unglazed.
Sancai ware.
From northern China, Henan, Hebei, or Shaanxi province.
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