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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2006.170.45
Title
Wide-mouthed jar
Other Titles
Original Language Title: 四壩文化 彩陶罐
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/149552

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Earthenware with bichrome slip-painted decoration
Dimensions
H. 20.3 x W. (across handles) 22 x Diam. 22.5 cm (8 x 8 11/16 x 8 7/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Kaikodo, 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
2006.170.45
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Globular jar with indented neck, broad body, lower portion tapering inward to a small, flat base, and with two strap handles attached from rim to shoulders; buff earthenware with crosshatched decoration painted in black slip on neck and body. 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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