2006.170.47: Wide-mouthed jar with two strap handles
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2006.170.47
- Title
- Wide-mouthed jar with two strap handles
- Other Titles
- Original Language Title: 四壩文化 彩陶雙耳罐
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- c. 2000-1600 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, China, Gansu province
- Period
- Siba culture, c. 2000-1600 BCE
- Culture
- Chinese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/149541
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Earthenware with slip painted decoration painted and white inlays
- Dimensions
- H. 9.3 x W. (across handles) 10.3 x Diam. 10 cm (3 11/16 x 4 1/16 x 3 15/16 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
- 2006.170.47
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Small globular jar with constricted neck, wide body, lower portion tapering inward to a small, flat base, and with two strap handles attached from rim to shoulders; buff earthenware with geometric decoration painted in black slip on the rim, neck, body, and handles; small white shell fragments inlaid into dots of black adhesive around the neck and at the ends of the handles. Siba culture. From the upper Yellow River valley region, probably Gansu province.
Exhibition History
Subjects and Contexts
- Sedgwick Collection
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Verification Level
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