Harvard Art Museums > 2006.170.233.A-B: Covered spherical 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"Covered spherical jar , 2006.170.233.A-B,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 21, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/176272. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2006.170.233.A-B Title Covered spherical jar Other Titles Original Language Title: 南北朝至隋 青瓷蓋罐 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/176272 Physical Descriptions Medium Stoneware with celadon glaze Technique Celadon Dimensions with cover: H. 20.7 x Diam. 19.2 cm (8 1/8 x 7 9/16 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History [Kaikodo, New York, January 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 Alpheus Hyatt Purchasing Fund Accession Year 2006 Object Number 2006.170.233.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 Covered spherical jar with flat, slightly recessed base; shoulders slope inward to a wide, rimless mouth; slightly domed lid with crimped “piecrust” ridge at midpoint and knob in the form of a lotus bud; stamped triangles and dotted circles encircle the shoulders, incised floral scrolls encircle the body between incised horizontal lines; incised lotus petal decoration on top of lid, radiates outward from the knob; light gray stoneware with dark olive-green celadon glaze covers jar’s interior and exterior but stops above the foot; several drips of glaze stretch down toward the foot; kiln grit adheres to unglazed base. Place of manufacture uncertain, probably northern China. Commentary Compare to: (1) Covered celadon jar of different form but with similar incised floral-scroll decoration on the body excavated from a Southern Qi period (479-502) tomb dated to 485 at Hejiadawan near Wuchang, Hubei province. See Kaogu [Archaeology] 4 (1965): 176-214, pl. 3.3. (2) Celadon bottle of different form but with similar dotted circle decoration excavated from a Sui dynasty (581-618) tomb dated to 586 in Hefei, Anhui province, now in the Anhui Provincial Museum. See Zhongguo wenwu jinghua daquan, taoci juan (Shanghai: Shanghai cishu chubanshe, 1993), no. 154, p. 222. Publication History Kaikodo Journal, Vol. 17 (Autumn 2000), auct. cat., Kaikodo (New York, 2000), no. 61, pp. 186-187 and 314 Exhibition History Earthly Delights: 6,000 Years of Asian Ceramics, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/21/2022 - 08/14/2022 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
