Vase Maker: Unknown

12th–13th century

Asian Art

On view, 2nd floor, Asian Art

The two nonfunctional knobs on the sides of this vase likely reference metal vessels of this shape that were used for a game known as touhu, in which arrows were shot into the neck of a vase and its two narrow openings at the sides.

Medium

Stoneware with green glaze (Longquan ware)

Dimensions

6 5/8 × 3 5/8 in. (16.8 × 9.2 cm)

Credit Line

Wayland Wells Williams, B.A. 1910, Collection, Gift of Mrs. Frances Wayland Williams

Accession Number

1949.278

Geography

China

Culture

Chinese

Period

Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279)

Classification

Containers

Disclaimer

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Provenance
Wayland Wells Williams (1888–1945) Collection, New Haven, Conn.; Mrs. Frances Wayland Williams; given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 1949
Bibliography
  • David Ake Sensabaugh, The Scholar as Collector: Chinese Art at Yale, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2004), 18–19, 43, no. 26, fig. 8.
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

stoneware, vases

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