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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2006.170.147
Title
Ovoid jar
Other Titles
Original Language Title: 戰國 陶罐
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
4th 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/149463

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gray earthenware
Dimensions
H. 12 x W. (across handles) 15 x Diam. 14.5 cm (4 3/4 x 5 7/8 x 5 11/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[J.J. Lally & Co., New York, 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
2006.170.147
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Bulbous, bronze-form vessel of ovoid form with two pierced lug handles on shoulders, three small conical feet on the flat base, and horizontal fluted decor encircling the body; medium gray earthenware with darkened surface.
Commentary
Compare to:
Vessel of similar form with two lug handles but with flat bottom and impressed hemp-cloth pattern on body excavated in 1997 from a mid-Warring States period (4th century BCE) wooden chambered tomb at the foot of Mount Fenghuang near Shaoxing, Zhejiang province. See Wenwu [Cultural Relics] 2 (2002): 34, fig. 9.

Subjects and Contexts

  • Sedgwick Collection

Verification Level

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