Harvard Art Museums > 2006.170.109: Wide-mouthed 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"Wide-mouthed jar , 2006.170.109,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/178615. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2006.170.109 Title Wide-mouthed jar Other Titles Original Language Title: 紅山文化 陶罐 Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date Hongshan culture, late phase, 3500-3000 BCE Places Creation Place: East Asia, China Period Neolithic period, Hongshan culture, c. 4500-3000 BCE Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/178615 Physical Descriptions Medium Grayish buff earthenware Dimensions H. 13 x W. (across handles) 15.5 x Diam. 12.6 cm (5 1/8 x 6 1/8 x 4 15/16 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History [J.J. Lally & Co., New York, September 2000] 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 2006.170.109 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 Jar with wide mouth, lipless rim, and sides tapering inward to a small, flat base; two small lug handles with pierced circular openings at the rim; body with lightly impressed cord markings in a crosshatched pattern grayish buff earthenware with applique handles and impressed decoration. Hongshan culture. From northeastern China; Liaoning province or Inner Mongolia. Commentary Compare to: Earthenware beaker of similar form excavated in 1977 from a late Hongshan culture site at Da’nangou village, Jiefangyingzi township, Wengniute Banner, Inner Mongolia. See Wenwu [Cultural Relics] 4 (1997): 26, fig. 15. 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
