- Identification and Creation
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- Object Number
- 2006.170.52
- Title
- Miniature Jar with anthropomorphic cover Miniature Jar with anthropomorphic cover
- Other Titles
- Original Language Title: 齊家文化 陶人形蓋小罐
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- c. 2300-1500 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, China
- Period
- Qijia culture, c. 2300-1500 BCE
- Culture
- Chinese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/148466
- Physical Descriptions
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- Medium
- Earthenware
- Dimensions
- H. 15.9 x W. (across handles) 10 x Diam. 6.8 cm (6 1/4 x 3 15/16 x 2 11/16 in.)
- Provenance
- [The Chinese Porcelain Company, New York, 2002] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (2002-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.
- Acquisition and Rights
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- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Partial gift of the Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation and partial purchase through a fund established by Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane for the purchase of Asian art
- Accession Year
- 2006
- Object Number
- 2006.170.52
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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- Descriptions
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- Description
- Miniature covered jar with globular body and two loop handles, the lid with tall finial in the form of a stylized human head; buff earthenware with applique elements. Probably Qijia culture. From the upper Yellow River valley region; Gansu, Qinghai, or Shaanxi province or Inner Mongolia.
- Publication History
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Transitory and Timeless: Ancient Chinese Pottery, auct. cat., The Chinese Porcelain Company (New York, 2002), no. 41, p. 36
- Exhibition History
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Prehistoric Pottery from Northwest China, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/21/2016 - 08/14/2016
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