Harvard Art Museums > 2006.170.28.A-B: Small jar with anthropomorphic cover Vessels Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Small jar with anthropomorphic cover , 2006.170.28.A-B,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 03, 2023, https://hvrd.art/o/173621. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2006.170.28.A-B Title Small jar with anthropomorphic cover Other Titles Original Language Title: 馬家窯文化半山類型 彩陶人形蓋罐 Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date Banshan phase, c. 2650-2300 BCE Places Creation Place: East Asia, China Period Neolithic period, Majiayao culture, c. 3300-2000 BCE Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/173621 Physical Descriptions Medium Earthenware with slip-painted decoration Dimensions H. (with cover) 13.1 x W. (across handles) 14.3 x Diam. 11.5 cm (5 3/16 x 5 5/8 x 4 1/2 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History [J.J. Lally & Co., New York, June 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 2006.170.28.A-B Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Small ovoid jar with two lug handles, zigzag mouth opening, and fitted cover with knob in the form of a human head; buff earthenware with geometric decoration painted in black slip. Majiayao culture, Banshan type. From the upper Yellow River valley region; Gansu, Qinghai, or Ningxia province. Commentary Compare to: Vessel covers in the form of human heads excavated in Banshan, Guanghe county, Gansu province, now in the Museum for Far Eastern Antiquities. See Zhang Pengchuan, Zhongguo caitao tu pu [Handbook of Illustrations of Chinese Painted Pottery] (Beijing: Wenwu chubanshe, 1990), nos. 552 and 553. Exhibition History Prehistoric Pottery from Northwest China, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/21/2016 - 08/14/2016 Subjects and Contexts Sedgwick Collection Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
