2006.253: Ovoid Wide-Mouthed Jar with Two Loop Handles and Diagonal Ribs

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2006.253

Title

Ovoid Wide-Mouthed Jar with Two Loop Handles and Diagonal Ribs

Classification

Vessels

Work Type

vessel

Date

probably second half 11th century

Places

Creation Place: East Asia, China

Period

Song dynasty, Northern Song period, 960-1127

Culture

Chinese

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/160276

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Northern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze over carved ribs and appliqué handles

Dimensions

H. 18.4 x Diam. 21.9 cm (7 1/4 x 8 5/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Mr. and Mrs. Myron S. Falk, Jr. New York
[Falk Collection number 113]

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift from the Estate of Mr. and Mrs. Myron S. Falk, Jr.

Accession Year

2006

Object Number

2006.253

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

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Publication History

• Henry Trubner, Chinese Ceramics, from the prehistoric period through Ch'ien Lung: a loan exhibition from collections in America and Japan, exh. cat., Los Angeles County Museum (Los Angeles, CA, 1952), p. 95, no. 249
• Robert D. Mowry, Hare's Fur, Tortoiseshell, and Partridge Feathers: Chinese brown- and black-glazed ceramics, 400-1400, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1996), pp. 171-172, no. 59

Exhibition History

• Chinese Ceramics from the Prehistoric Period through Ch'ien Lung, Los Angeles County Museum of History, Science and Art, 03/14/1952 - 04/27/1952

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