2006.170.71: Jar
Vessels
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2006.170.71
- Title
- Jar
- Other Titles
- Original Language Title: 寺窪文化 陶罐
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- c. 1300-500 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, China
- Period
- Siwa culture, c. 1300-500 BCE
- Culture
- Chinese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/173147
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Earthenware
- Dimensions
- H. 52.6 x Diam. 40 cm (20 11/16 x 15 3/4 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- [The Chinese Porcelain Company, New York, May 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
- 2006.170.71
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Large jar with flared mouth, broad shoulders, and sides tapering inward to a small, flat base with a circular depression in the center; red earthenware with dark gray irregular markings from firing. Siwa culture. From the upper Yellow River valley region; Gansu of Shaanxi province.
Subjects and Contexts
- Sedgwick Collection
Verification Level
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