2006.170.232: Jar with dished mouth

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2006.170.232

Title

Jar with dished mouth

Other Titles

Original Language Title: 南北朝至隋 青瓷盤口罐

Classification

Vessels

Work Type

vessel

Date

5th-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/176897

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Stoneware with celadon glaze

Technique

Celadon

Dimensions

H. 40.8 x Diam. 35.5 cm (16 1/16 x 14 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

2006.170.232

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

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Descriptions

Description

Large ovoid jar with dish-shaped mouth, short neck, broad shoulders, lower body tapering inward to a circular, flat base, six squared lug handles encircling the top of the shoulders, and two loops descending from the dished mouth; light gray stoneware with light green celadon glaze. Place of manufacture uncertain.

Commentary

Compare to:
Large jar of similar form with four lug handles 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. 3.1.

Subjects and Contexts

• Sedgwick Collection

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