Harvard Art Museums > 2006.170.250.A-B: Small covered jar Vessels Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Small covered jar , 2006.170.250.A-B,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Oct 13, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/148472. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2006.170.250.A-B Title Small covered jar Other Titles Original Language Title: 隋 褐釉小罐 Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date circa 600 Places Creation Place: East Asia, China, Hunan province, Changsha Period Sui dynasty, 581-618 Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/148472 Physical Descriptions Medium Stoneware with brown glaze Technique Black-brown glaze Dimensions with cover: H. 7.4 x Diam. 10 cm (2 15/16 x 3 15/16 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History [Mathias Komor, New York (by February 1945)], sold; to Mr. and Mrs. Myron S. Falk Jr. Collection, New York (February 1945-2001), sold; through [Christie's, New York, 15 October 2001, lot. 5]; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (2001-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Partial gift of the Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation and partial purchase through the Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane Fund for Asian Art Accession Year 2006 Object Number 2006.170.250.A-B Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Small compressed globular jar with flat lid, the jar with short straight neck, six double-loop handles encircling the shoulder at the base of the neck, and resting on a short footring with straight sides, the lid with matching double-loop handle on top; stylized floral decoration on the body of the jar and on top of the lid; light gray stoneware with caramel-hued brown glaze over stamped and incised decoration. From Changsha, Hunan province. Commentary Compare to: Brown glazed box with closely related stamped decoration and similar glaze attributed to the Sui dynasty excavated in 1957 from Changsha, Hunan province, now in the Hunan Provincial Museum. See Zhongguo taoci quanji [The Complete Works of Chinese Ceramics], vol. 5: Sui, Tang [Sui and Tang dynasties] (Shanghai: Shanghai renmin meishu chubanshe, 2000), no. 46, pp. 73 and 230. Publication History Yutaka Mino, Ice and Green Clouds: Traditions of Chinese Celadon, exh. cat., Indianapolis Museum of Art (Indianapolis, 1986), pp. 112-113, no. 39 The Falk Collection I: Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, auct. cat., Christie's, New York (New York, September 20, 2001), lot 5 Subjects and Contexts Sedgwick Collection Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu