2006.170.166: Cylindrical tripod vessel (lian)
Vessels
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2006.170.166
- Title
- Cylindrical tripod vessel (lian)
- Other Titles
- Original Language Title: 西漢 灰硬陶奩
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- 2nd-1st century BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, China
- Period
- Han dynasty, Western Han period, 206 BCE-9 CE
- Culture
- Chinese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/176996
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Gray stoneware
- Dimensions
- H. 16 x W. (across legs) 19.3 x Diam. 20 cm (6 5/16 x 7 5/8 x 7 7/8 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- [Uragami Sokyu-do Co., Ltd., Tokyo, July 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
- 2006.170.166
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Cylindrical vessel with three legs in the form of crouching bears; gray stoneware with applique legs and impressed decoration. Vessels of this form are based on a bronze wine vessel prototype.
Subjects and Contexts
- Sedgwick Collection
Verification Level
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