Harvard Art Museums > 2006.170.229.A-B: Covered jar with lotus petal decor 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 jar with lotus petal decor , 2006.170.229.A-B,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/176962. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2006.170.229.A-B Title Covered jar with lotus petal decor 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/176962 Physical Descriptions Medium Stoneware with celadon glaze Technique Celadon Dimensions with cover: H. 22.9 x Diam. 21.5 cm (9 x 8 7/16 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History [The Chinese Porcelain Company, New York, 2000] 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 2006.170.229.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 lower portion tapering inward to a flat base, shoulders taper inward to a short, vertical mouth rim; six squared lug handles encircle the shoulder in alternating configurations of single- and double-lugs; lightly carved stylized lotus-petal decor encircles the belly with petal tips pointing down toward the foot; lightly incised horizontal lines encircle the waist and shoulder; lid is gently domed and topped with a flat, square finial; carved stylized lotus-petals radiate from the center finial; light gray stoneware with light green celadon glaze; glaze stops short of the foot; base unglazed. Place of manufacture uncertain. Commentary Compare to: (1) Covered celadon jar of virtually identical form, with same squared lug handles, incised decor, and lid attributed to the late Northern and Southern Dynasties period (420-589) excavated in 1983 at Tuanhu village, Ruanqiao township, Cizhou, Anhui province, now in the Guichi District Office for the Management of Cultural Relics in Cizhou. See Zhongguo chutu ciqi quanji [Complete Collection of Chinese Ceramics Unearthed in China], vol. 8: Anhui (Beijing: Kexue chubanshe, 2008), no. 45. (2) Celadon jar of closely related form and decor, but with rounded lug handles and missing lid dated to the sixth century and attributed to the Xiangyin kilns in Hunan excavated in 1993 in Chenzhou city, Hunan province, now in the Chenzhou Office for the Management and Preservation of Cultural Relics. See Zhongguo chutu ciqi quanji [Complete Collection of Chinese Ceramics Unearthed in China], vol. 13: Hubei Hunan (Beijing: Kexue chubanshe, 2008), no. 141. 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
