Harvard Art Museums > 2006.170.165: Granary 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"Granary jar , 2006.170.165,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 23, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/176366. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2006.170.165 Title Granary jar Other Titles Original Language Title: 西漢 灰硬陶倉 Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date 1st century BCE-1st century CE Places Creation Place: East Asia, China, Henan province Period Han dynasty, Western Han period, 206 BCE-9 CE Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/176366 Physical Descriptions Medium Gray stoneware with incised and impressed decoration Dimensions H. 34.2 x Diam. 24.6 cm (13 7/16 x 9 11/16 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 Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane Fund for Asian Art Accession Year 2006 Object Number 2006.170.165 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 Oblong vessel in the shape of a miniature granary with circular opening at the top, domed shoulders, and sides tapering inward to a flat base elevated on three short cabriole legs; four evenly spaced pairs of notched bands raised in relief encircle the body; a row of small concentric circles impressed between the upper two bands; gray earthenware with incised and impressed decoration, lightly burnished surfaces. Commentary Compare to: (1) Earthenware granaries of virtually identical form excavated in 1987 from late Western Han to early Eastern Han period tombs at Tijiakou village, Anyang, Henan province. See Huaxia kaogu [Huaxia Archaeology] 1 (1993): 16-17, figs. 8.3 and 9.1-3. (2) Covered granary jar of closely related form with three short legs in the shape of crouching bears excavated in 1992-1993 from a late Western Han dynasty brick tomb in Xigong district, Luoyang, Henan province. See Wenwu [Cultural Relics] 11 (1995): 9, fig. 12. (3) Covered granary jars of similar form with three short legs in the shape of crouching bears and an opening on the bottom excavated in 1992 from a late Western Han dynasty brick tomb in Luoyang, Henan province. See Wenwu [Cultural Relics] 7 (1994): 26, fig. 8 and 9. Publication History Kaikodo Journal, Vol.07 (Spring 1998), auct. cat., Kaikodo (New York, 1998), no. 56, pp. 176-177 and 269-270 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
