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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2006.170.123
Title
Wine vessel (hu) with two lug handles
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
11th-10th century BCE
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Shang dynasty (c. 1600-c. 1050 BCE) to Western Zhou period (c. 1050-771 BCE)
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/176893

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gray earthenware
Dimensions
H. 27.1 x Diam. 24.1 cm (10 11/16 x 9 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Christie's, New York, 21 September 2000, lot 222] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (2000-2006), 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
2006.170.123
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Ovoid vessel with two pierced lug handles on the shoulder, sides widening from the flat rim to a full lower body, supported on a short circular pedestal foot; light gray earthenware with cord-impressed decoration applied diagonally on the upper body and vertically combed horizontal bands above the foot.
Commentary
Compare to:
Shang dynasty white earthenware vessel of similar form but with smaller lug handles and carved geometric decoration excavated from Anyang, Henan province. See Regina Krahl, Dawn of the Yellow Earth: Ancient Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection (New York: China Institute Gallery, 2000), 31, fig. 7.

Publication History

  • Fine Chinese Ceramics, Paintings, and Works of Art, auct. cat., Christie's, New York (New York, September 21, 2000), lot 222

Subjects and Contexts

  • Sedgwick Collection

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