Harvard Art Museums > 2006.170.86: Pouring Vessel 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"Pouring Vessel , 2006.170.86,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 20, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/182454. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2006.170.86 Title Pouring Vessel Other Titles Original Language Title: 大汶口文化 黑陶壺 Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date c. 4300-2600 BCE Places Creation Place: East Asia, China Period Neolithic period, Dawenkou culture, c. 4300-2600 BCE Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/182454 Physical Descriptions Medium Black earthenware Dimensions H. 21.5 x Diam. 17.2 cm (8 7/16 x 6 3/4 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History [J.J. Lally & Co., New York, March 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 Alpheus Hyatt Purchasing Fund Accession Year 2006 Object Number 2006.170.86 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 Compressed ovoid vessel with long neck, flared mouth, and foliated spout; lightly burnished blackened earthenware. Dawenkou culture. From the middle and lower Yellow River valley regions; Shandong, northern Jiangsu, northern Anhui, and eastern Henan provinces. Commentary Compare to: Similar thinly potted black pottery vessels compressed ovoid bodies and flared necks, but without foliated spouts, excavated in 1957 from a Dawenkou site at Laodongyu, Anqiu county, Shandong province. See Kaogu [Archaeology] 9 (1992): 783, fig. 5.3 and pl. 3:2-3. Publication History Ancient Chinese Ceramics & Tomb Sculpture, March 20 to April 8, 2000, auct. cat., J.J. Lally & Co. (New York, NY, 2000), no. 4 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
