2006.170.140.A-B: Owl-form jar
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2006.170.140.A-B
- Title
- Owl-form jar
- Other Titles
- Original Language Title: 戰國 硬陶鵩形罐
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- 5th-3rd 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/167086
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Gray stoneware
- Dimensions
- H. 7.5 x Diam. 6.2 cm (2 15/16 x 2 7/16 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- [Eskenazi Ltd., London, July 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
- 2006.170.140.A-B
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Small covered jar in the form of an owl, the jar globular in form with short, straight neck, the lid in the form of an owl’s head; light gray stoneware with incised decoration representing feathers.
Subjects and Contexts
- Sedgwick Collection
Verification Level
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