Harvard Art Museums > 2006.170.69: Double-handled jar 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"Double-handled jar , 2006.170.69,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/174175. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2006.170.69 Title Double-handled jar Other Titles Original Language Title: 寺窪文化 陶雙耳罐 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/174175 Physical Descriptions Medium Earthenware Dimensions H. 40 x Diam. 33.2 cm (15 3/4 x 13 1/16 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 2006.170.69 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 Large jar with curved, “saddle-shaped” mouth with oval cross-section, broad shoulders, sides tapering inward to a small, flat base, and two strap handles attached from rim to top of shoulders; red earthenware with dark gray irregular markings from firing. Siwa culture. From the upper Yellow River valley region; Gansu of Shaanxi province. Commentary Compare to: Jar of similar form unearthed from a Siwa culture site in Disiping, Lianlu, Kangle county, Gansu province, now in the Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture Museum, Gansu. See Zhongguo taoci quanji [The Complete Works of Chinese Ceramics], vol. 2: Xia, Shang, Zhou, Chunqiu, Zhanguo [Xia, Shang, Zhou, Spring and Autumn, and Warring States periods] (Shanghai: Shanghai renmin meishu chubanshe, 2000), no. 90, pp. 104 and 252. 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
