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A lobed body decorated with butterflies and chrysanthemums and a reticulated cover.
Hand Warmer
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista

Hand Warmer

Artist Chinese Artist
DateQing dynasty (1644-1911) 18th century
Place of originChina, Asia
MediumCopper
Dimensions6 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. (16.5 x 16.5 cm)
ClassificationsFurnishings and Equipment
Credit LineMuseum purchase, gift of private donors
Object number2005.21.2
Collections
Visual DescriptionA lobed body decorated with butterflies and chrysanthemums and a reticulated cover.
Of compressed and inverted pear form with a short neck and recessed base; displaying a pair of ducklings in mottled copper red surrounded by chrysanthemum blossoms drawn in underglaze blue with highlights in copper red reversed by a 14-character couplet in Chinese characters discussing the arrival of autumn with the cyclical date jeong-gi (1977) mid-autumn; signed "Un-Bo" followed by a seal; the base displays a cypher in underglaze blue.
Porcelain Jar with Chrysanthemums and Birds Designs
백자 청화 국화무늬 매병
白磁靑畫菊花文梅瓶
Kim Kichang 김기창 金基昶
1977
A flared ceramic bowl with a pale green glaze and a short foot. The interior features a dense, intricately carved pattern of chrysanthemums and leafy stems. The exterior is decorated with fine, vertical fluting extending upward from the base.
Porcelain with a celadon glaze
Chinese Artist
Northern Song dynasty (960-1126)
Exterior: large scale floral scroll with four roundels with chrysanthemums, enclosing rings with lappets (bottom ring) and scroll (upper ring); interior: interesting floral and scarf motif with inner circular floral device.
Celadon Bowl with Inlaid Flowers and Scroll Design
청자 상감 꽃넝쿨무늬 대접
靑磁象嵌花唐草文大楪
Korean Artist 작자미상 作者未詳
Goryeo Dynasty (918‑1392), 13th century
A white porcelain dish with stylized patterns, bat motifs, and floral scroll in enclosed rings within the interior of the bowl. The exterior of the bowl is decorated by floral motifs of chrysanthemums.
White Porcelain Dish with Bat Designs in Underglaze Cobalt Blue
백자 청화 박쥐무늬 접시
白磁靑畫蝠文楪匙
Korean Artist 작자미상 作者未詳
Joseon dynasty (1392‑1910), 19th century
A wide-shouldered celadon jar with chrysanthemums scattered around the mid-section of the body, a repeating ruyi motif on the neck of the vessel, and four lug handles placed around the body’s shoulder.
Celadon Jar with Inlaid Chrysanthemum Designs
청자 상감 국화무늬 항아리
青磁印花象嵌菊花文壺
Korean Artist 작자미상 作者未詳
Goryeo dynasty (918 - 1392), 12th-13th century
Well-hollowed with columnar corners and well-carved around the exterior with a wide band of numerous thin dragons, their finely incised scaly bodies intermeshing around the sides, above archaistic pendant leaves around the rounded corners, tapering sharply to the hollowed pad feet, two side with a ji character, the other two side with winged phoenix-form handles, the fitted cover of conforming shape with a central reticulated dragon-form knop, the claw on and extending to the four corners, the g…
Pigment Box
Chinese Artist
Qing dynasty (1644-1911), 18th century
Cup shaped censer with bird head handles and reticulated cover featuring dragons. The cover is marked with an apocryphal reign mark if the Ming dynasty Xuande emperor.
Censer with Reticulated Cover
Chinese Artist
Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), late 17th-early 18th century
bowl with repetitive white slip inlay
Buncheong Dish with Stamped Design
분청사기 인화 국화무늬 접시
粉靑沙器印花文楪匙
Korean Artist 작자미상 作者未詳
Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910), 15th century
The slender vase with an elongated neck and set on a raised foot and decorated in polychrome enamels worked in silver wire with birds in maple trees above chrysanthemums against a black ground, the neck decorated with scrolling vines and flowers on a brown ground
Vase
Japanese Artist
Meiji Period (1868–1912)
Supported on a straight foot, each of the four lobed sides decorated with an applied archaeistic qilong painted with a purplish-brown slip, two fitted elephant handles suspending loose rings, between keyfret borders at the brass-mounted mouth and foot rims. The Interior and base are applied with white crackled glaze, the body a brownish-red color.
Hexalobed Yixing bowl with applied decoration
Chinese Artist
18th century
pinkish-brown ground with butterflies and flowers
Vase with Butterflies and Flowers
Namikawa Sosuke
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Red and White Cameo Vase with Butterflies and Blossoms
Vase
Chinese Artist
Qing Dynasty (1644-1911)

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