Curator

  • Art Institute Chicago
  • Harvard art museum
  • My Exhibition
A low, wide purple ceramic basin with small pointed feet and a band with small, tan circles widely spaced out along the top lip.

Circular Basin with Drum-Nail Decor and Three Cloud Scroll Feet

Chinese

Numbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple glaze; with Chinese numeral 2 (er) inscribed on base before firing

Ming dynasty, 1368-1644

Vessels