Harvard Art Museums > 2006.170.246.A-B: Covered ovoid jar (guan) 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 ovoid jar (guan) , 2006.170.246.A-B,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 23, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/182462. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2006.170.246.A-B Title Covered ovoid jar (guan) Other Titles Original Language Title: 唐 白瓷蓋罐 Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date early 9th century Places Creation Place: East Asia, China Period Tang dynasty, 618-907 Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/182462 Physical Descriptions Medium Off-white stoneware with clear glaze Technique White ware Dimensions with cover: H. 24.2 x Diam. 20.5 cm (9 1/2 x 8 1/16 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History [The Chinese Porcelain Company, New York, April 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 2006.170.246.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 ovoid jar with short, flared neck, the cover with small lotus-bud shaped knob; off-white stoneware with clear glaze over white slip ground. From northern China, probably from Hebei or Henan province. Commentary Compare to: (1) White ware covered jar of virtually identical form excavated in 1992 from a tomb dated 851 in Beiyaowan, Gongyi, Henan province, now in the Henan Provincial Research Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology. See Zhongguo chutu ciqi quanji [Complete Collection of Chinese Ceramics Unearthed in China], vol. 12: Henan (Beijing: Kexue chubanshe, 2008), no. 49. (2) White ware covered jar of virtually identical form excavated in 1984 from a tomb dated 845 in Xingyuan, Yanshi county, Henan province, now in the Arthur M. Sackler Museum of Art and Archaeology collection, Beijing. Yanyuan juzhen: Beijing daxue Saikele kaogu yu yishu bowuguan zhanpin xuancui [Treasures from a Swallow Garden: inaugural exhibit of the Arthur M. Sackler Museum of Art and Archaeology at Peking University] (Beijing: Wenwu chubanshe, 1992), cat. 136, pp. 254-55. Exhibition History Earthly Delights: 6,000 Years of Asian Ceramics, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/21/2022 - 08/14/2022 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
