Harvard Art Museums > 2006.170.107: Spherical jar with narrow neck 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"Spherical jar with narrow neck , 2006.170.107,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 24, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/182606. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2006.170.107 Title Spherical jar with narrow neck Other Titles Original Language Title: 屈家嶺文化 黑陶壺 Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date c. 3000-2500 BCE Places Creation Place: East Asia, China Period Neolithic period, Qujialing culture, c. 3000-2500 BCE Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/182606 Physical Descriptions Medium Black earthenware Dimensions H. 16.3 x Diam. 12.9 cm (6 7/16 x 5 1/16 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 Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane Fund for Asian Art Accession Year 2006 Object Number 2006.170.107 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 Spherical vessel with narrow cylindrical neck, everted lip, and short footring; lightly burnished black earthenware. Qujialing culture. From the middle Yangzi River region, Hubei or Hunan province. Commentary Compare to: Slightly smaller black earthenware bottle of similar spherical form and with everted lip rim excavated from the Qujialing culture stratum at Huachenggang, Anxiang county, Hunan province. See Kaogu xuebao [Acta Archaeologica Sinica] 4 (1983): 527, pl. 7.2. Publication History Ancient Chinese Ceramics & Tomb Sculpture, March 20 to April 8, 2000, auct. cat., J.J. Lally & Co. (New York, NY, 2000), no. 3 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
