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Bottle

CultureChinese
Date8th century C.E.
MediumEarthenware with lead glaze
DimensionsOverall: 8 7/8 inches (22.54 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number55-47
On View
On view
Gallery Location
  • 229
Collections
DescriptionOvoid body on high, conical foot; tall slender neck; and spreading lip. Chevron pattern in green, amber, and cream glaze.Provenance

Edith R. Bennett, by August 1952-1955 [1];

Purchased from Edith R. Bennett by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1955.

NOTES:

[1] This object was on loan from Bennett to the Nelson-Atkins from August 1952 until its purchase in 1955.



Published References

Mizuno, ed., Sekai Toji Zenshu, vol. 9 (Tokyo: Kawade Shobo, Showa 1956), fig. 83 (repro.).

Ross E. Taggart, George L. McKenna, and Marc F. Wilson, eds., Handbook of the Collections in The William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and Mary Atkins Museum of Fine Arts, Kansas City, Missouri, vol. II, Art of the Orient. (Kansas City, MO: William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and Mary Atkins Museum of Fine Arts, 1973), 80 (repro.).

Roger Ward and Patricia J. Fidler, eds., The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art: A Handbook of the Collection (New York: Hudson Hills Press, in association with Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 1993), 290 (repro.).

Deborah Emont Scott, ed., The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art: A Handbook of the Collection, 7th ed. (Kansas City, MO: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 2008), 327, pl. 136 (repro.).




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