- Identification and Creation
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- Object Number
- 2006.170.116
- Title
- Globular jar
- Other Titles
- Original Language Title: 新石器时代晚期 陶罐
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- 2000-1500 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, China, Inner Mongolia (Nei Menggu)
- Period
- Neolithic period
- Culture
- Chinese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/149509
- Physical Descriptions
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- Medium
- Red earthenware
- Dimensions
- H. 19 x Diam. 22.2 cm (7 1/2 x 8 3/4 in.)
- Provenance
- [The Chinese Porcelain Company, New York, 2001] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (2001-2006), 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
- 2006.170.116
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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- Descriptions
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- Description
- Wide-bodied globular jar with three strap lug handles around the shoulder and flat base; red earthenware with applique handles. Neolithic culture; probably from northeastern China, Inner Mongolia.
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