2001.40: Ovoid Storage Jar with Two Strap Handles and Geometric Decor
Vessels
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2001.40
- Title
- Ovoid Storage Jar with Two Strap Handles and Geometric Decor
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- Siba culture, 2000 BCE - 1600 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, China, Gansu province
- Period
- Neolithic period
- Culture
- Chinese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/174435
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Buff earthenware with appliqué handles and tabs, with decoration painted in black slip, and with traces of natural ash glaze
- Dimensions
- 14.6 x 16.6 x 15.6 cm (5 3/4 x 6 9/16 x 6 1/8 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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Robert H. Ellsworth acquired jar in Hong Kong, mid-1970s.
Robert H. Ellsworth, collector, Sold to HUAM
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of David Berg, Esq., by exchange
- Accession Year
- 2001
- Object Number
- 2001.40
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Verification Level
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