Harvard Art Museums > 2006.170.145: Bottle with Lobed “Garlic Head” Mouth 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"Bottle with Lobed “Garlic Head” Mouth , 2006.170.145,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/148478. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2006.170.145 Title Bottle with Lobed “Garlic Head” Mouth Other Titles Original Language Title: 戰國 灰陶蒜頭壺 Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date 4th-3rd century BCE Places Creation Place: East Asia, China Period Zhou dynasty, Warring States period, 475-221 BCE Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/148478 Physical Descriptions Medium Gray earthenware Dimensions H. 34.7 x Diam. 22.7 cm (13 11/16 x 8 15/16 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History [Roger Keverne, London, 2001] sold; 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 2006.170.145 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 Compressed globular bottle with long neck, lobed mouth resembling a head of garlic, and short circular footring; gray earthenware with lightly burnished surface and abstract decoration created through heavier burnishing. Commentary Compare to: Globular bottle of similar form with long neck and “garlic-head” mouth and an additional decorative ring on the neck excavated in 1984 from a mid- to late Warring States period (4th-3rd century BCE) tomb in Yilipo, Ankang, Shaanxi province. See Wenwu [Cultural Relics] 1 (1992): 66, fig. 6.13, pl. 2. Publication History Fine and Rare Chinese Works of Art and Ceramics, Winter Exhibition 2001, auct. cat., Roger Keverne Limited (London, 2001), no. 24 Subjects and Contexts Sedgwick Collection Related Works 2006.170.146 Bottle with Lobed “Garlic Head” Mouth Vessels 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
