2006.170.225.2: Liner for simulated woven basket
Vessels
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2006.170.225.2
- Title
- Liner for simulated woven basket
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- 6th century
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, China
- Period
- Northern and Southern Dynasties period (420-589) to Sui dynasty (581-618)
- Culture
- Chinese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/174850
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Woven sheet silver
- Dimensions
- H. 9.2 x Diam. 10.2 cm (3 5/8 x 4 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- [J.J. Lally & Co., New York, March 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
- 2006.170.225.2
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions
- Description
- Silver structure simulating a woven basket, made of silver straps woven into a diamond lattice continuing over a fragmentary base, the rim formed by a single horizontal strap of silver mounted by a small coiled silver band around the lip. Probably a liner for ceramic holder 2006.170.225.1.
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